Diversity and Theatre: A Letter to The Theatre Community

TheatreArtLife: When I went through the college application process, one of the biggest deciding factors for me was a college that supported diversity. But looking around at most universities’ Musical Theatre classes, they were overwhelmingly, if not all, white. And even then, those who did have diversity, I questioned whether if the students who were accepted were accepted based on their ethnicity. The cleverly designed pamphlets and posters showed their “token black” student pasted right on the cover. “Look at me”, it seemed to say, “we have black people too”.