Is my skin color a problem for try outs?

Question:Okay, now me and my friend were talking about musicals and I said I would love to play Galinda. Now, this girl who doesn't seem to like me for some reason marched over and said, "You can't be here! You're skin's the wrong color!"

I have brown skin and I know there is nothing wrong with me but is she right? Galinda in the musical is a white women with blonde hair.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Okay, now me and my friend were talking about musicals and I said I would love to play Galinda. Now, this girl who doesn't seem to like me for some reason marched over and said, "You can't be here! You're skin's the wrong color!"

I have brown skin and I know there is nothing wrong with me but is she right? Galinda in the musical is a white women with blonde hair.

That girl is a jackass. Audra Macdonald played Grace in Annie and the lead in 110 in the Shade. Dark skinned Brian Stokes Mitchell headlined Kiss Me Kate. Half the cast of the Les Miz revival was "color-blind" casting.

These were all previously "white" roles. You go in there and do your best. Your friend is wrong. And I find it particularly ironic because one of the themes in Wicked concerns someone not being accepted because she is green. The requirement is not that Galinda is white, the requirement is that Elphie is green.

Yes, in Hairspray, it matters who is what color. Yes, in Ragtime, it matters who is what color. Both of those shows contrast whites and darker skinned people in a particular historical period. This is not one of those cases.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with your skin colour. It shouldn't matter at all. Just ignore the girl, she's just being a typical stereotypist.

depends on what part you want to play, how ever, that is where make up and wigs come in as well, so, i see no problems with skin color...sound to me like that girl don′t like your color or is afraid you might get the part she wants...work hard and don′t let any one stand in your way :)

oh please..don't listen to her.....just try out it really doesn't matter.....

Your friend is a bigot. Race means nothing in today's theatre. Black and brown actresses have played Joan of Arc, Chinese and European roles as well as all kinds of American roles. Think Halle Berry. Now, you are brown skinned. No problem. All you got to do is have the moxie to sing the role and act the role. If you don't get it, just assume you were not good enough for the role at this time and will do better next time. Dump your 'friend.'

it shouldn't matter what color you are as long as you can sing, dance, and act!

your skin color is definitely not a problem.
but is depending who the part is for, if the part is for a white women then it should be for a white women, if the part is for a brown women it should be for a brown women. that also depending on the producer or the person that's conducting the play.

There is nothing wrong with the color of someones skin.Your friend should have said --You may be great for the part but it helps people to look like the person that is playing the part.Which of course you could have said i can be made to look the part .Go for it

forget what other people say if you think you can do the part than show them what your made of just because galinda was white &blonde in the musical maybe it will change DO YOU WANT IT GO GET IT is what i say

no not at all
i do not mean to be racist by for some plays the actor has to be a certain skin tone
sound of music they are austrian
hairspray(tracy has to be light) but for many roles skin color does not mater

There's nothing wrong about your skin color see in school we were doing a play and the person we were doing it about had dark skin and the person who played that person had light skin

hope this helps

it does not matter what your skin color is, at all who cares what she thinks, she is not the one who is casting. however it says several times in the musical that glinda is blonde, not white but it does say that she is blonde so if you are going to try out dress for the part! good luck and have fun!