Non-Traditional Casting

Applying Equity's definition: "Non-traditional casting is defined as the casting of ethnic minority and female actors in roles where race, ethnicity, or sex is not germane."
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/23/theater/l-nontraditional-casting-when-race-and-sex-don-t-matter-486788.html

In your statement , you should share your ideas about race, ethnicity, and gender as they affect or might affect the casting of the play's characters. Must certain characters be a certain race, ethnicity, or gender? According to the playwright? to tradition? to you?

As dramaturg, you wouldn't end up casting any play; however, you might recommend ways in which a director/production might think more flexibly about casting, particularly in a setting (like SHSU) where there are a great many talented women and minority actors.

Length: 500-750 words.