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<div><span class="heading">Authors</span>: <span role="list"><span role="listitem"><a href="https://utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3138/ctr.193.011#con1">Courtenay Dobbie</a></span>, <span role="listitem"><a href="https://utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3138/ctr.193.011#con2">David Hudgins</a></span>, <span role="listitem"><a href="https://utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3138/ctr.193.011#con3">Shannon Blanchet</a></span>, <span role="listitem"><a href="https://utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3138/ctr.193.011#con4">Quincy Armorer</a></span>, <span role="listitem"><a href="https://utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3138/ctr.193.011#con5">Jani Lauzon</a></span>, <span role="listitem"><a href="https://utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3138/ctr.193.011#con6">Alisa Palmer</a></span>, <span role="listitem"><a href="https://utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3138/ctr.193.011#con7">Sue Miner</a></span>, <span role="listitem"><a href="https://utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3138/ctr.193.011#con8">JamieRobinson</a></span>, and <span role="listitem"><a href="https://utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3138/ctr.193.011#con9">Roberta Barker</a></span></span></div>
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<div><span class="heading">Publication</span>: Canadian Theatre Review</div>
<div class="core-enumeration">Volume 193</div>
<div class="doi"><a href="https://doi.org/10.3138/ctr.193.011">https://doi.org/10.3138/ctr.193.011</a></div>
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<div role="paragraph">The editorial team invited faculty from theatre training institutions across the country to share their approaches to play selection and casting. Their responses address a variety of topics, from building play databases and commissioning plays to engaging students in conversations about casting decisions.</div>
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“Transformation Is Imperative”: Play Selection and Casting at Theatre Training Institutions

<div id="attachment_2460" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/langaras-studio-58-creates-impressive-digital-theatre-database-with-focus-on-equity-and-diversity"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2460" class="wp-image-2460 size-medium" src="http://api.parallelplay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ivy-urinetown.jpg-300x225.webp" alt="Ivy Charles stars as Penelope Pennywise in Studio 58 production of Urinetown: The Musical 2020 PHOTO BY EMILY COOPER" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://api.parallelplay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ivy-urinetown.jpg-300x225.webp 300w, https://api.parallelplay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ivy-urinetown.jpg-1024x768.webp 1024w, https://api.parallelplay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ivy-urinetown.jpg-768x576.webp 768w, https://api.parallelplay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ivy-urinetown.jpg.webp 1128w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-2460" class="wp-caption-text">Ivy Charles stars as Penelope Pennywise in Studio 58 production of Urinetown: The Musical 2020 PHOTO BY EMILY COOPER</p></div>
<p class="article-subtitle"><em>Once fully digitized, the database will be made available to students, faculty, other theatre training schools and the public</em></p>
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<p>By <span class="published-by__author">Stuart Derdeyn<br />
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Published Jul 12, 2023, <span class="updated-date__since">Last updated Jul 19, 2023</span></p>
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