RACISM AND BIAS IN THEATERS
WELL, after finishing a stint as a Director at Masque Theatre with one of the first mULTICULTURAL Casts in years, I can honestly say that this theatre group in Temple Terrace needs to make some big changes. First, The Board of Directors actively cast tHEMSELVES in their own shows, and direct them. They merely fill in the "cracks' with the community and the communities money, begging for financial support, however, NOT involving the entire community. I presented to this theater Board the US Census for Tampa showing 110,000 approximately whites in Tampa, and about 98,000 blacks, though predominately all shows at this theatre where chosen for PRE casting of existing Board members and whites predominately. The children's show had a few hispanic. But Blacks? no.......and no openmindedness to even choosing shows that would open up that spectrum. When asked to direct Play on!, I took the challenge when Ruth Kegel as the Director's of Willy Wonka much preferred "pirating...