In another article with the subject containing women of color and diversity in theatre, Candy Bowers writes, and has an entire discourse on the constant denial of how things really are. Bowers’ article Racism in the theatre world is real and it is debilitating, is filled with frustration and her opinions on how the racism needs to be truly contemplated with a critical eye. Moreover, how we as theatre artists must accurately represent racism. In respect to both Bowers and Cheslaw’s points, again I reference the eight shows I was required to attend in this class. Several of them had women of color as actresses. Though they were in the shows some seemed to only be there as a token minority. The biggest example of that is in The Divide, where
