{"product_id":"casting-a-movement-the-welcome-table-initiative-9781138594470","title":"Casting a Movement: The Welcome Table Initiative","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Claire Syler\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Theater - Direction \u0026amp; Production\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCasting a Movement\u003c\/em\u003e brings together US-based actors, directors, educators, playwrights, and scholars to explore the cultural politics of casting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the notion of a \"welcome table\"--a space where artists of all backgrounds can come together as equals to create theatre--the book's contributors discuss casting practices as they relate to varying communities and contexts, including Middle Eastern American theatre, Disability culture, multilingual performance, Native American theatre, color- and culturally-conscious casting, and casting as a means to dismantle stereotypes. Syler and Banks suggest that casting is a way to invite more people to the table so that the full breadth of US identities can be reflected onstage, and that casting is inherently a political act; because an actor's embodied presence both communicates a dramatic narrative and evokes cultural assumptions associated with appearance, skin color, gender, sexuality, and ability, casting choices are never neutral. By bringing together a variety of artistic perspectives to discuss common goals and particular concerns related to casting, this volume features the insights and experiences of a broad range of practitioners and experts across the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a resource-driven text suitable for both practitioners and academics, \u003ci\u003eCasting a Movement\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to frame and mobilize a social movement focused on casting, access, and representation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http: \/\/www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45239669260439,"sku":"9781138594470","price":14450.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138594470.webp?v=1769223243","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/casting-a-movement-the-welcome-table-initiative-9781138594470","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}