‘Josephine’s Feast’ is about a fed-up Black mother, and its star and director can relate

Datebook: Three decades ago, Margo Hall walked into an audition for the part of Anita Hill. The play was “Unquestioned Integrity” by Mame Hunt, being directed at Magic Theatre by Ellen Sebastian Chang, the company’s first director of color. Hall — who’s now one of the most sought-after actors in the region, with a recurring role on “Blindspotting” — was unknown then. It had been a year and a half since she’d moved to the Bay Area from New York, and she hadn’t booked a gig yet.