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The Story (stage play)
2003 play by Tracey Scott Wilson
The Story (stage play)
The Story is a play by Tracey Scott Wilson. Originally premiering at The Public Theater in New York City, on November 18, 2003. Directed by Loretta Greco, the production featured Phylicia Rashad, Erika Alexander, Stephen Kunken, Damon Gupton, Sarah Grace Wilson, Michelle Hurst, Kalimi Baxter, Susan Kelechi Watson, and Tammi Clayton. The play was a finalist for the 2002 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. The Story was subsequently produced by numerous regional theaters in the United States, including Long Wharf Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, and San Francisco Playhouse. In the UK, the play made its West End debut in August 2026 at the Royal National Theatre, directed by Clint Dyer, with the cast including BAFTA Award-winner Letitia Wright, Ashley Thomas, Lorraine Toussaint, and Wilf Scolding. The Story is inspired by the Janet Cooke scandal at The Washington Post in 1981 where Cooke won the Pulitzer Prize for writing about an inner-city child...
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