Advocacy Group Rains on Little Miss Sunshine

Recently, there has been misunderstanding about the Alliance’s position with respect to the upcoming production of The Miracle Worker on Broadway. To set the record straight, the statement below is and always has been the Alliance’s position. Sincerely, Sharon Jensen Executive Director Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts The Alliance fully supports artistic freedom and has never protested the casting of Abigail Breslin in The Miracle Worker. We support the creative freedom that all artists bring to the casting process. However, it was our disappointment not with the selection, but the process in which the production selected Ms. Breslin, an actor of immense talent, that required that we speak. It would be our hope that the producers of work such as The Miracle Worker consider in their casting process actors from the communities we service, actors who could also bring significant breadth and depth to the role. That is our hope for the future of this project, this role, and other roles and projects in this same position -- consider those in the community represented on-stage. And to be clear, it is not and never has been our position to call for the firing of any actor and we only wish Ms. Breslin the best in her Broadway debut.