Decolonizing College Theatre

Director Lavina Jadhwani summarizes conversations about casting she's been involved with in the past, and offers advice to artists and producers who find themselves facing criticism for their choices.

We need to stop asking to find space for artists of color and instead give them the space. This starts by looking at what plays we are and are not presenting.

Director Lavina Jadhwani ask three questions, addressing how color-conscious casting impacts the story being told.

Theatre practitioner and educator Sophia Skiles interrogates unconsciously artificial and increasingly antiquated casting practices and urges understanding of casting practices that advance equity, inclusion, and access.