It’s not a popular position to take, but the fact remains: most school drama departments should not cast every single student who auditions.

It’s not fun to cut people from a show– no one wants to do do it. But I would argue this “necessary evil,” while necessary, isn’t evil in the least. Far from it, this is actually a position borne out of compassion for everyone involved. You might think it callous or heartless, but at the end of the day, cutting some people is beneficial for a number of reasons.

The most obvious benefit is practical, and in this case, the practical is also the compassionate.

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