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AI used to sort casting for new play festival
Original: In the casting process for my next theatre gig, a new play festival with multiple directors for multiple plays. The cast
A theatre practitioner reports that for an upcoming new-play festival with several directors staging several productions, the casting agent has brought in AI to sort audition options, directors' requests and casting submissions. The account of the process is bluntly critical, describing it as a mess, and the post has drawn attention and sympathy from others in the theatre community.
Why now: Frustration over AI entering theatre casting processes is a live concern among practitioners right now
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