How We Look at How We Look: Identity-Conscious Casting in Theatre
Kevan Dunkelberg | Last updated: November 09, 2022
Over the last few years, the theatre industry has experienced a long-overdue moment of reckoning when it comes to equity in representation. It’s a complicated conversation to be sure, and one facet of that conversation is casting. Who gets to decide who should inhabit which characters? What should those decisions be based on? And why is this an issue that everyone has a stake in?
First, it might be helpful to define exactly what we’re talking about. Identity-conscious casting is the idea that
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Kevan Dunkelberg
Oklahoma-based drama teacher, actor and playwright
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