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Casting a Movement: The Welcome Table Initiative

Casting a Movement brings together US-based actors, directors, educators, playwrights, and scholars to explore the cultural politics of casting.Drawing on the notion of a "welcome table"—a space where artists of all backgrounds can come together as equals to create theatre—the book’s contributors discuss casting practices as they relate to varying communities and contexts, including Middle Eastern American theatre, Disability culture, multilingual performance, Native American theatre, color- and culturally-conscious casting, and casting as a means to dismantle stereotypes. Syler and Banks suggest that casting is a way to invite more people to the table so that the full breadth of US identities can be reflected onstage, and that casting is inherently a political act; because an actor’s embodied presence both communicates a dramatic narrative and evokes cultural assumptions associated with appearance, skin color, gender, sexuality, and ability, casting choices are never neutral. By bringing together a variety of artistic perspectives to discuss common goals and particular concerns related to casting, this volume features the insights and experiences of a broad range of practitioners and experts across the field.As a resource-driven text suitable for both practitioners and academics, Casting a Movement seeks to frame and mobilize a social movement focused on casting, access, and representation.

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Series Title
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Call Number
790.2 CAS c
Publisher
: .,
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Language
English
ISBN/ISSN
9780429948282
Classification
790.2
Content Type
text
Media Type
computer
Carrier Type
online resource
Edition
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Subject(s)
Performing Arts / Theater
Direction & Production
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umi
Source
https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/da651b2a-aac2-485b-8a33-f38b41e9c86d
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