Doll's House 2 - Role of Emmy

Saw this great production yesterday and noticed that Condola Rashad's understudy is a woman of color. I'm 100% for color-blind casting and assumed that Rashad earned the role of Emmy because she was the best candidate. But after noting that her understudy is also a black woman, I'm assuming that the author has specifically designated the character of Emmy to always be played by a woman of color? Does anyone have any insight or knowledge about this?

Thanks for the info!

In a (smart) effort to avoid making the play an all white bread affair, they cast a black woman as the daughter, and since she is being replaced by a white actress, the replacement for the ex-husband/father is black. I haven't gotten to see the play yet, but it is supposedly purposely filled with anachronisms and such so it's not supposed to be realism anyway.

KnewItWhenIWasInFron said: ""Supposedly?" There is a Kleenex box on-stage, in the 1800s.



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Well, since The Distinctive Baritone clearly said he hasn't seen the show, he probably doesn't know that.

Sorry. I guess "supposedly purposefully" just tripped me up, since it seems like the alternative is that the marquee lights, Kleenex box and "f---"s are accidental.