Color Conscious Casting and Educational Theater: How to Produce Diverse, Inclusive Theater in a Liberal Arts College Responsibly

Authors

Amelia Cheever, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

1-18-2016

Abstract

Recently, productions of The Mountaintop by Katori Hall produced by Kent State and Lloyd Suh's Jesus in India at Clarion University cast white actors in roles intended for actors of color. These two productions bring the issue of racial inequity and color conscious casting in the theater to a national debate. Join a panel of Theater Artists to discuss how we can address these issues on our campus.

If you know you’ll attend this session, you are encouraged to read the following articles for background.

• http://www.hesherman.com/2015/11/13/erasing-race-on-stage-at-clarion-university/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/11/a-white-actor-was-cast-as-mlk-until-the-black-playwright-caught-wind-of-it/
• http://howlround.com/should-latinao-roles-be-cast-with-non-latinao-actors

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Recommended Citation

Cheever, Amelia, "Color Conscious Casting and Educational Theater: How to Produce Diverse, Inclusive Theater in a Liberal Arts College Responsibly" (2016). Intercultural Directions Council Lectures. 7.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/idc_lectures/7