“I am furious and dumbfounded,” Oregon-based theater producer Michael Streeter wrote on Facebook last week. Streeter had cast a black actor in the supporting role of Nick. “The Albee Estate called and said I need to fire the black actor and replace him with a white one,” he added. But the spokesperson did confirm the crux of Streeter’s statement: It indeed objected to the casting of a black actor in the play. I think the benefits of casting Nick with an African American Actor outweigh the drawbacks.”

Source: Huffington Post May 22, 2017 16:05 UTC