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Anti-Racism Conversation: Casting Shakespeare in a Contemporary World

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Dates Sat, Jan 27, 2024, 10am

Venue Folger Haskell Center
Across the street from Folger Theatre

Tickets $20; $15 for Members and Subscribers ($35 - Festival Pass)

Duration 1 hour

What are the implications of multicultural casting using 400-year-old texts that were initially written for and performed only by white European men? Kaja Dunn, Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and Folger Theatre’s Resident Intimacy and Cultural Consultant, leads a conversation about casting Shakespeare’s plays in today’s world, examining color-blind casting, societal casting, conceptual casting, and cross-cultural casting.

 

Festival Pass – $35

Access to all Festival open rehearsals, readings, screenings, and conversations.

All-Access Pass – $75

Everything in the Festival Pass, plus invitations to the opening and closing parties.

Students – Free admission to readings and conversations

Admitted free one-half hour before event start time, with a valid ID

Kaja Dunn

Moderator

Kaja Dunn

Jorge Acevedo

Panelist

Jorge Acevedo

Danica Rodriguez

Panelist

Danica Rodriguez

Nikkole Salter

Panelist

Nikkole Salter