ethnic enough

Answer 1

hello christy hows everything at the teatro i miss you guys that’s great i really thought we had our last summer I’m glad the city wants us back wait what did you say directing? really? /oh my god

Question 2

/oh my god! it went well i guess they had me read for like everyone

Answer 2

Everyone?

Question 3

Yeah, I think they just wanted to see me do as much as possible. Maybe they’ll have me dance captain too. Oh! Let me get this. I think it’s them. /

Answer 3

/Hello? this is the stage manager for west side story

Question 4

hi

Answer 4

hi we are calling to offer you the role of anita in our production

Question 5

anita? My grandpa is from Sweden and his wife is from Portugal. My mom’s family is from Germany and Ireland, which means I look like this. Apparently I look - -

Answer 5

• ethnic enough -

Question 6

-to play Anita, according to this director. Anita, who looks like Chita Rivera, Rita Moreno, and Ariana DeBose. Anita, who is from Puerto Rico. Anita, who is explicitly /

Answer 6

/latina yeah im mexican. my mom was born in Mexico and my dad-

Question 7

-but you have light eyes

Answer 7

well-

Question 8

-And your skin is so fair—I thought you were Portuguese! What is your last name again?

Answer 8

farias-

Question 9

-Your mom’s pretty pale too. Is she actually from Mexico?

Answer 9

yes she was born in mexico city and my dad is Mexican. that makes me full Mexican!

Question 10

But do you even speak Spanish? You have to speak Spanish to be a real Mexican. Some people think I’m Mexican. Is it something I’m doing?

Answer 10

i dont know i dont think so

Question 11

is it the last name

Answer 11

maybe its your hair

Question 12

jesus do I need to start straightening it again

Answer 12

i dont know izzy you have dark eyes

Question 13

should i take the part

Answer 13

no no. anita? nononono izzy no what is wrong with you

Question 14

im mostly kidding

Answer 14

mostly?

Question 15

im kidding fulling kidding

Answer 15

that was wonderful thank you can i see you read sides 3 and 5

Question 16

thank you 3 and 5 yeah … oh this is for anita

Answer 16

yes

Question 17

oh im so sorry maybe ive been unclear I’m not Puerto rican

Answer 17

we just need a partner for bernardo

Question 18

oh okay

Answer 18

who do you want to be cast as

Question 19

I don’t know. I was thinking one of the background dancers. The girlfriends, I guess.

Answer 19

you spent time on an auditon to play an unnamed girlfriend

Question 20

It would have been fun. I would have gotten to dance.

Answer 20

i guess

Question 21

Who would you have wanted to be? /

Answer 21

the director

Question 22

if you were auditioning

Answer 22

i wouldnt i mean like im not puerto rican

Question 23

Okay, sure… How would you cast this show if you were directing it?

Answer 23

like with real latino actors i may not be Puerto rican but I belive i could cast the show properly

Question 24

why dont you

Answer 24

why dont i what

Question 25

why dont you direct west side story

Answer 25

At this school? I don’t think anyone would care what I would have to say as a director, anyway. Do you know that I consider dropping out of grad school almost every week? I feel so isolated. In our classes. In our cohort. I’m the only person of color in the grad program and I don’t even have a Latino advisor to talk to. Will I be the Latina advisor and director in a few years? Am I even Mexican enough to be that for someon