Facial Differences & Disfigurement

This panel will cover best practices to include actors with Facial Differences and Disfigurement from the beginning of the creative process. We will also cover best practices when working with actors from this community in both the casting process and on set. Other topics include bias reduction and unconscious bias related to this community, how to create accurate and dignified character portrayals, preferred language usage, and best on-set conventions.

Panelists*:

• Maribeth Fox
  Casting Director

• Sora J. Kasuga
  Activist (Founder, "The Faceout Project" & Co-Founder, Cirqovation) and Performer

• Dr. Lise Deguire
  Psychologist, Author and Activist

• Adam Pearson
  Actor

• Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick
  Casting Director. VP, Advocacy-Casting Society

*Panelists Subject To Change

This event is presented and hosted by the Casting Society of America and Television Academy.