Term of the Day: color-blind casting

color-blind casting-- where actors are hired regardless of race or ethnicity. In modern times, this was pioneered by Joseph Papp at the the Public Theatre, who would cast African-Americans and Latinos in Shakespeare, as well as white actors in traditionally non-white roles. There was actually some blowback from prominent black playwrights, like August Wilson, who objected to color-blind casting, saying that it might imperil funding for black theater companies.