Casting as Advocacy

 

Prioritizing local, diverse and inclusive casting for
Bay Area theatre

We are a team of casting directors with extensive experience and deep ties to the Bay Area theatre community. We have created and maintain the most comprehensive, regularly updated local talent database in the region. Casting locally should be the predominant practice, and one of our main objectives is to offer a full range of casting services which showcase our local community and encourage theatres to hire actors living and working within the SF Bay Area. In the wake of the pandemic and the massive national call for greater EDI representation and prioritization, regional theatre has fundamentally changed. The casting collective is a response to this call for change in the way we access, promote and hire artists as we continue to foster an anti-racist, inclusive, collaborative future. Our purpose is to advance the interests of local actors and encourage institutions to explore, engage with and hire from within this community instead of searching elsewhere for their talent.

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Advocacy, Integrity, Professionalism & Inclusion

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Land Acknowledgment

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The Casting Collective exists on the traditional land of the Cowlitz, Kalapuya, Atfalati Peoples and the confederated tribes of the Grand Ronde & Siletz Indians past and present. We honor with gratitude the land itself and the people who have stewarded it throughout the generations. We commit to continue to learn how to be better occupants of this land we inhabit.