The Educational Value of Non-Traditional Casting in the World of Cancel Culture

dc.contributor.authorCrane, Amy
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-07T17:17:24Z
dc.date.available2022-12-07T17:17:24Z
dc.date.issued2022-12-07
dc.descriptionCopyright © 2022 Amy Craneen
dc.description.abstractTheatre people are often known as the most supportive, accepting, and welcoming group in most schools. In the current cancel culture, theatre educators are caught in a debate concerning non-traditional casting choices and what is acceptable for school theatre programs. Those involved in theatre education, specifically, are struggling to reinvigorate or restart theatre programs that were shut down in the spring of 2020 and have not been back in full force since. They want to produce theatre that will attract both actors and audiences alike to their programs. The choices of scripts are limited because many popular shows have material that is considered questionable for school age actors by administrators, parents, and audience members. To produce shows, theatre educators also need to overcome the demographic limitations of the existing talent among students in their schools. Theatre educators can achieve these goals through non-traditional casting choices. Such choices are made based on talent rather than considerations of gender, age, race, or body type. Effective non-traditional casting requires careful consideration of certain ideologies regarding intent and ethics as well as legal issues and research regarding contract laws. This project aims to open conversation about appropriate and necessary ways non-traditional casting could be used among those involved in educational theatre using a workshop model.en
dc.description.sponsorshipAcknowledgements: I would like to thank the Advanced College Project program through Indiana University for allowing my pursuit of a master’s degree to become a reality, all of my professors along the way who challenged my thinking in so many new areas, Dr. Quimby and Prof. Rivard for agreeing to sit on my committee, and Dr. Rybas for being an excellent mentor through this process. I would also like to thank Rebecca Jascoviak and the Chautauqua in the Dunes program for giving me an outlet for my initial workshop. I would especially like to thank my family for supporting me in this endeavor.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2022/28522
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectTheateren
dc.subjectCastingen
dc.subjectNon-traditional castingen
dc.subjectTheatreen
dc.subjectSchool theatre programsen
dc.subjectDemographicsen
dc.subjectScript choicesen
dc.subjectPost-COVIDen
dc.subjectReinvigorate theatre programsen
dc.subjectLimiteden
dc.subjectSchool age appropriateen
dc.subjectWorkshop modelen
dc.titleThe Educational Value of Non-Traditional Casting in the World of Cancel Cultureen
dc.typeThesisen

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