Culturally - important to have representation
There's a responsibility for what's right and what's wrong.

Consultancy- important but when all the consultancy is thrust upon one individual who's also acting/taking on another role in the production could deter on the work they were originally hired for.

Detail of representation- what does the role require?

Nuances of representation on stage e.g. disabled/non-disabled actor.

Should ____ only play ___? - Could this be problematic? (conflating too many issues - culturally vs societal)

What are the OPPORTUNITIES? How far things have changed in the past 40/50 years.

Better performance vs artistic choices.

Cultural consultant.

Stories/theatre is a melting pot
- same motifs
- same storylines
all around the world.

Artistic INTEGRITY
Who's calling the shots in the rehearsal room/outside the rehearsal room? Are choices coming from the top?

What are you allowed to say/not say as a consultant?
- asking questions vs providing support

Is representation meaningful or a 'cancel' safety net?

CASE BY CASE // POWER STRUCTURES

Heritability and longevity

What is the QUALITY of conversation?

What is the PURPOSE of representation?
- is it a form of tokenism to avoid trouble?
- is it a form of care to get it right?

What is the INTENT?

Reflection of perception.

Realistic intentions - not enough money to hire multiple Jewish consultants to provide the whole range of the Jewish experience - religiously/culturally/ethnically

How to not be anti-semitic

WHAT MAKES GOOD THEATRE PRACTICE?

BE COLLABORATIVE

Asking questions and identity

EDUCATION AND RESPONSIBILITY

What is good collaboration?

Training and respectability

What is a good ethical practice? Should there be a guideline?

PRESENTATION VS REPRESENTATION
What does the physical body (in dance for example) present rather than represent?

HONESTY AND AUTHENTICITY

Do some texts need revising or destroying?

CARE for the company

TRAUMA
Is it better for a non-Jewish actor to perform a traumatic event night after night compared to a Jewish actor? Would it cause a detrimental effect further down the line for the Jewish performer to relive traumatic events from past on stage (such as scenes which their family have gone through)?

Impersonation - seeing the performer being uncomfortable.

THEATRE IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS!

Authenticity -> work

Inter-changability

Representation isn't just a Jewish issue:
- SE Asian actors
- eg M. Freeman playing Mandela
- eg B. Kingsley playing Gandhi
- eg. K. Murphy playing Oppenheimer

Are racist connotations at play?

Is it more or less important in film?

Are Jews not helping their own representation?
- Non Jews playing Jews as people
- Jews playing more Jewish-ness into stereotypes

What is the project?
Who's doing it and Why?

"Nothing about us without us"

WHAT IS THE MINIMUM RESPONSIBILITY?
- What is it?
- Taking responsibility

Advocacy

Is representation and clarity important for the project?

WHAT SERVES THE TEXT?

CLARITY OF STORYTELLING leads to AUTHENTICITY leads to LEADING DIRECTION OF STORYTELLING