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November 26–December 16, 2015
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! While you are lying on the couch in a too-much-Turkey coma, take a look at some upcoming theatre events! And if you haven't already, take a moment to like Pioneer Valley Theatre News on Facebook!
Auditions for Arena Civic Theatre's production of SPRING AWAKENING begin this weekend. Checked out their featured listing below for more information. If you'd like your upcoming event to be featured, contact me for details and to reserve your date!
The next issue will include events through December 23. Submit upcoming events via the link below or by emailing me before next Tuesday at midnight. Any questions, comments or feedback? Email me at pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
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THIS WEEK IN THEATRE NEWS:
from American Theatre
On the Rights of Playwrights and White Tears
by Diep Tran
From the article: Last week, Clarion University in Pennsylvania was forced to cancel its planned production of Lloyd Suh’s Jesus in India. The reason: casting. Three of the characters were written as Indians, and the predominantly white school had cast two white actors and one mixed-race actor in the roles.
Earlier the same week, Katori Hall objected passionately in The Root to a Kent State University production in Ohio of her two-hander The Mountaintop, in which the role of Martin Luther King Jr. was played by a white actor*. Though she wasn’t able to stop the production, director Michael Oatman’s decision led her to officially stipulate that the characters in The Mountaintop be played by African-American or black actors, unless approval has been granted.
Have you read an interesting article about theatre recently? Send it to me! pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
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