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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Candrama colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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This is a reminder that <b>(Re)Setting the Stage: The Past, Present, and Future of Casting Practices in Canada</b>, a FREE event hosted by the Department of Theatre at York University, is happening next
<b>Monday, May 31 and Tuesday, June 1</b>. Please see below and attached for more details, including the registration link.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">(Re)Setting the Stage: The Past, Present, and Future of Casting Practices in Canada</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Bringing together theatre professionals from across Canada, the panels will focus on
</span><span style="color:black">how playwrights, directors, and actors are responding to the call for more diverse representation on Toronto stages. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">May 31-June 1, 2021</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><b>FREE </b>– <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/resetting-the-stage-the-past-present-and-future-of-casting-practices-tickets-153708023837">
Register here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black">Organized by York University Professors Jamie Robinson and Marlis Schweitzer with support from Ph.D. graduate student Marilo Nuñez and undergraduate students Dante Jemmott, Cassandra Henry, and Zoe Marin, the
event will bring together professional theatre directors, playwrights, actors, educators, and students from across Canada for a series of Zoom panel discussions organized across 2 days in May and June 2021. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">(Re)Setting the Stage: The Past, Present, and Future of Casting Practices in Canada</span>
</i><span style="color:black">responds to the urgent need to address systemic racism in Canadian theatre.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The three 90-minute Zoom panels, each featuring
</span>professional<span style="color:black"> theatre artists</span>, are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">MAY 31, 2021- 3-4:30 pm- LEGACIES OF HISTORICAL PRACTICES with panellists:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Carmen Aguirre, Walter Borden, Jani Lauzon, Beatriz Pizano, and Kim Rampersad</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">MAY 31, 2021, 6-7:30 pm- EMBRACING MORE INCLUSIVE/DIVERSE PRACTICES with panellists:<br>
Niña Lee Aquino, Kevin Hanchard, Marilo Nuñez, and David Yee</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">JUNE 1, 2021, 6-7:30 pm- FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION & CONNECTION with panellists:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Tara Beagan, Augusto Bitter, Marjorie Chan, Emma Ferreira, and Mike Payette</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:black">The event is a response call for greater transparency and accountability in creative practices, including (but not limited to) casting decisions and play selection within the Canadian theatre industry. It aims to bring together professional
artists to reflect on the harmful legacy of casting practices and to build towards a better, more equitable, future. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">May 31 at 3-4:30pm & 6-7:30pm, and June 1, 6-7:30pm</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black">More Info and to register:
</span></b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/resetting-the-stage-the-past-present-and-future-of-casting-practices-tickets-153708023837"><b><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/resetting-the-stage-the-past-present-and-future-of-casting-practices-tickets-153708023837</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Instagram</b>: @resettingthestage<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0cm;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Media contact: Marilo Nuñez,
</span><a href="mailto:nunezm@yorku.ca"><span style="color:#1155CC">nunezm@yorku.ca</span></a><span style="color:black">, 416-578-7638</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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