I am not bemoaning the loss of the opportunity for white people to put on wigs and make-up and play people of color.
I totally embrace the notion of anyone playing anyone.
I am saying that theatre should be about PLAY.
No boundaries, No borders.
Theatre allows us to create a world where there are more possibilities.
Hence, its great power to teach and educate.
If I wanted to produce The King and I, because I love the story, craft, and score and hope to extend its beauty to others, and lived in a community with few Asians, should I not?
Should not some school in Thailand produce The Sound of Music? |
