By Stacy Clark, C-Suite Performance In the performing arts, casting and creation are often treated as separate disciplines. One belongs to the audition space, the other to the rehearsal studio. One is seen as evaluative, the other as artistic. But in practice, the most successful productions are born where these two processes meet–long before opening night. At their core, both casting and creation ask the same question: who can carry this work –safely, authentically, and sust