Another blog about a blog I blog… This one was started by a fellow actor/producer/rock star NOTEr
and it’s all about diversity in the LA theater world. It’s still young,
but growing. I think it deals with important issues not only in the
theater community, but in the acting community at large. I talk about
some of these things in my first post on this brand spanking new blog.
Here’s a sample:
“I am a half Japanese, quarter Irish, quarter Hungarian Jewish female actor born and raised in Los Angeles, CA.
But to most people I look Mexican. (And to confuse things even further, my born and bred Japanese mother currently resides in Mexico… but that’s a whole other story.) After that, the ethnicities I usually get are Filipino and Native American. I can speak speak Spanish and Japanese conversationally, but I’m American and my native language is English. So, in the world of casting, where does that leave me?…”
You can read the full post on Diversity at Note.
