Taylor Moschetti News Today

The play "Roosters" at Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre was supposed to open this month. Instead, it was controversially canceled and the stage sat empty.  When a white actress is accidently cast to play a Mexican-American girl, is recasting the role considered discrimination?

Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre canceled the play "Roosters," which was supposed to open this month. The catalyst was a recasting decision that the theater claimed to be discriminatory.Taylor Moschetti is with another community theater in the Valley. She took over as Mesa Encore Theatre’s producing artistic director after a similar issue happened in 2022 at this theater.