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Julia C. Reischel ’04 is one of the co-founders of the Athena Theater Company, a women’s theater group organized early this year. Unlike Pudding Theatricals, Reischel says, the Athena Theater Company does not explicitly bar men from the cast...
Others say companies like Athena are necessary to promote diversity in Harvard theater, which has, in the past, been criticized for being elitist and for marginalizing minorities...
Minority actresses, by and large, say they love the idea behind Athena, which is to give opportunities to those who are overlooked by the traditional theater community.“I’m a woman and a minority so sometimes I get the double deal,” says Sharon Doku ’05. “A lot of times in theater, a lot of things are done by typecasting. It’s hard for a black woman to get a part that should be done by a white woman...
...while most praise the idea behind Athena, some question the wisdom of avoiding common casting...
Ultimately, though, what may influence the future of Athena the most is the success or failure of “Gamma Rays,” which opens...