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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.
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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