[Candrama] REMINDER: (Re)Setting the Stage next week - May 31 and June 1

[Marlis E Schweitzer]

Dear Candrama colleagues,

This is a reminder that (Re)Setting the Stage: The Past, Present, and Future of Casting Practices in Canada, a FREE event hosted by the Department of Theatre at York University, is happening next Monday, May 31 and Tuesday, June 1. Please see below and attached for more details, including the registration link.

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(Re)Setting the Stage: The Past, Present, and Future of Casting Practices in Canada

Bringing together theatre professionals from across Canada, the panels will focus on how playwrights, directors, and actors are responding to the call for more diverse representation on Toronto stages.

May 31-June 1, 2021

FREE – Register here<https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/resetting-the-stage-the-past-present-and-future-of-casting-practices-tickets-153708023837>.


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.


(Re)Setting the Stage: The Past, Present, and Future of Casting Practices in Canada responds to the urgent need to address systemic racism in Canadian theatre.

The three 90-minute Zoom panels, each featuring professional theatre artists, are:

MAY 31, 2021- 3-4:30 pm- LEGACIES OF HISTORICAL PRACTICES with panellists:
Carmen Aguirre, Walter Borden, Jani Lauzon, Beatriz Pizano, and Kim Rampersad

MAY 31, 2021, 6-7:30 pm- EMBRACING MORE INCLUSIVE/DIVERSE PRACTICES with panellists:
Niña Lee Aquino, Kevin Hanchard, Marilo Nuñez, and David Yee

JUNE 1, 2021, 6-7:30 pm- FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION & CONNECTION with panellists:
Tara Beagan, Augusto Bitter, Marjorie Chan, Emma Ferreira, and Mike Payette



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.


(Re)Setting the Stage: The Past, Present, and Future of

Casting Practices in Canada



May 31 at 3-4:30pm & 6-7:30pm, and June 1, 6-7:30pm



More Info and to register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/resetting-the-stage-the-past-present-and-future-of-casting-practices-tickets-153708023837


Instagram: @resettingthestage






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Media contact: Marilo Nuñez, nunezm at yorku.ca<mailto:nunezm at yorku.ca>, 416-578-7638




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