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...tensions came to a head with the controversy about who should run the "Big Man" show. When the HDC board rejected John Kirkwood, CAST member, as stage director, all the double standard accusations reappeared...
...HDC president Alison Clarkson '77 says she is relieved that the long dispute with CAST is over, but CAST members show a more guarded optimism...
They see the agreements to ensure black training and involvement in "Big Man" as simply one step toward easing racial differences at the Loeb. They are enthusiastic about "Big Man" and the opportunities it presents. But they are concerned that the attitudes of HDC people which made CAST demand a greater role in the production will persist...
Accounts of the dispute are as divided as the arguments themselves. But it is clear that the charges and countercharges served to focus the tensions that both sides agree have characterized CAST-HDC relations in recent months...
With the management of the play taken out of the hands of both sides, HDC and CAST were able to agree on Hamlin's proposal, after adding requirements that black students have a significants hand in the production and get training in the technical side of the show...