Why It's Important to Have Black and Brown Bodies Onstage Outside of Stereotypical Black and Brown Roles

HowlRound: When I was in college, I was one of the lucky people who was cast every semester in a show. This is a huge feat because I went to a top ten school with an MFA program and I was just an undergrad. Of course, the lead roles always went to the grad students, but as an undergrad, I played more than Sword Holder number three.