[NEohioPAL] Total Rudeness At An Audition

[Robert Hawkes]

Bad form, indeed. Requirements or limitations of race, gender, age, etc.,
in a play should be made clear in an audition notice so that the air is
clear before anybody even shows up.


On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:33 PM, EVA WITHERS-EVANS <eweworld1 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I very seldom complain to this list, but I feel that I have to address
> this concern.
> Last night, my granddaughter (an African American) went to an audition at
> the Mayfield
> library.  When she got there, everyone looked at her as if she were an
> alien.  When
> she said she was there for the audition, instead of being told they were
> auditioning only
> Caucasion girls, she was told to fill out an audition sheet and have a
> seat.  When it was
> asked who in the group was 20 or over, she said she was. Another girl
> (caucasion) said
> she was twenty, she was asked to come into the auditioning room; my
> granddaughter was
> ignored.  She was totally ignored until she finally got up and left.  I am
> not just upset because she
> is my granddaughter, I am upset because this behavior is unacceptable in
> the theater.
> Common courtesy would have been to tell her what the situation was and
> there would have
> been no hurt feelings.  It's never right to make someone feel unwanted,
> especially
> in the theater; I would hope that this is not the norm for Cleveland
> theater.
>
> MATTERS OF THE HEART SHOULD ALWAYS BE ABOUT LOVE.
>
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