Does 'Colorblind' Casting Increase Diversity?

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Actress Julissa Sabino performs in Theatrical Outfit's production of "In the Heights" at the Rialto Center for the Arts in Atlanta.

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical “Hamilton” set a new standard in so-called “colorblind” casting when it filled the roles of America’s Founding Fathers with black and Latino actors. But before that show took Broadway by storm, Miranda wrote “In the Heights,” which brought to life the upper Manhattan community of Washington Heights.

As Theatrical Outfit’s production opens at the Rialto Center for the Arts in Atlanta on Thursday night, we talk to Julissa Sabino, one of the show’s stars, and casting director Chad Darnell about diversity on stage and on screen.

Actress Julissa Sabino and casting director Chad Darnell talk with us about the new Atlanta production of "In the Heights" and diversity on stage and screen.