Nine Questions Every Actor of Color Should Consider When Tokenism Is - Not Enoug

This book confronts and analyzes the systemic racism that confronts actors of color in the USA through interviews with leading performers in the nation's theatrical epicentre of Chicago.

List of contents

1. How has your being/identity affected your career? 2. What obstacles have you encountered because of your being/identity? 3. Does your identity/being impact how you approach a role? A role traditionally played by a white actor? 4. Have you had any positive experience with a director who understood identity consciousness? 5. Have you had any negative experience with a director who did not understand identity consciousness? 6. Has anyone ever asked you to modify or neutralize your identity to gain a role or play a role? 7. Do you think there have been changes made in the performance industry since the time you started? 8. What changes need to be made to ensure an equitable workplace? 9. What advice would you give to a beginning identity actor?

About the author

Shanésia Davis is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Acting at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, USA. Ms. Davis is also an award-winning stage, television, and film actor based in Chicago.

Summary

This book confronts and analyzes the systemic racism that confronts actors of color in the USA through interviews with leading performers in the nation’s theatrical epicentre of Chicago.

Product details

• Authors: Shanesia Davis
• Assisted by: Shanésia Davis (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2024
• EAN: 9781032265537
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3226553-7
• No. of pages: 142
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; USA, Ethnic Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, United States of America, USA, Acting techniques, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General