Ari’el Stachel has departed the Public Theater’s much-anticipated Off Broadway world premiere production of 'The Visitor'
just weeks after the cast, creative team and the Public’s leadership delayed previews to address the new musical’s depictions of race and Arab-American representation.
“I got to the point where I couldn’t separate the experiences I was having in the world with what I was doing on stage,” said Stachel, who was born and raised in California and whose father is the son of Yemenite Jewish immigrants. “It is not enough to just play a role and have fun, it really needs to exist and align politically, spiritually, artistically, for me…I thought to myself, ‘my brown body needs to be not seen as an “other” anymore,’ so I’m actually trying to morph this opportunity.
But late last month, just a week before the production’s scheduled start of Oct. 7, the Public announced that the musical’s first preview would be delayed until Oct. 14 to allow the creative team time to address areas of concern raised by company members over depictions of race and representation.
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