Casting a Movement: The Welcome Table Initiative [Hardcover]

List of Figures

List of Contributors

Foreword: From I Love Your Freckles to Representation Matters

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Welcome Table: Casting for an Integrated Society

Part One: Culturally Conscious Casting

Part Two: Approaches to Casting Middle Eastern American Theatre

Part Three: Casting and Disability Culture

Part Four: Casting and Multilingual Performance

Part Five: Casting Contemporary Native American Theatre

Part Six: Dismantling Stereotypes

Part Seven: Casting Across Identities

Afterword

Casting a Movement brings together US-based actors, directors, educators, playwrights, and scholars to explore the cultural politics of casting. As a resource-driven text suitable for both practitioners and academics, this volume seeks to frame and mobilize a social movement focused on casting, access, and representation.

Claire Syler is Assistant Professor of Theatre at the University of Missouri and previously the Education Director at the Nashville Shakespeare Festival. Her research focuses on the intersection of theatre and education and has appeared in HowlRound; Theatre, Dance and Performance Training; Theatre Topics; and Youth Theatre Journal.

Daniel Banks is co-director of DNAWORKS, an arts and service organization dedicated to usinlc-