Friday, September 01, 2023
‘The Wiz’ director Schele Williams reveals her discovery in Dorothy’s journey
www.broadwaynews.com: Schele Williams was approximately six years old when she first attended a production of “The Wiz.” She remembers the experience as the first time she saw herself represented onstage. “‘The Wiz’ taught me so much about my Blackness at a young age, when I saw it in Dayton, Ohio,” Williams shared in the upcoming episode of “The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal.” “It’s the first time I saw me onstage, and that was exciting.”
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I really enjoyed reading ‘The Wiz’ Director Schele Williams Reveals her discovery in Dorothy’s Journey. As someone who is Afro-Latina, this article hit closer to my heart and I found it to be quite relatable. In so much classic media, narratives of white characters are the only ones being told, creating the issue of so many groups being underrepresented. As a child, it felt like being white was the norm or the standard, and anything else was somehow wrong. I remember never being able to see someone who looked like me as a starting role, which creates a lot of self doubt and the misconception that your dreams are unattainable. This is one reason why representation is so important. I love the way that Williams describes the core of Dorothy’s story. She says it’s about looking for a place of belonging and on her journey she finds people she can trust as well as gains confidence in herself. This is an incredibly inspiring tale for anyone who has felt like an outsider which many PoC can probably relate to.
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