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Actor felt forced to quit musical after man was cast as trans woman by Mark Brown Arts Correspondent

Kate O'Donnell, who is herself trans, pulled out of Breakfast on Pluto over casting decision A transgender actor has spoken of her disappointment and tears after she felt forced to withdraw from a high-profile musical because the main role of a trans woman was given to a cisgender man. Kate O'Donnell was to play the mother in Breakfast on Pluto, an adaptation of the Booker prize-shortlisted novel which tells the stor…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PM on March 11, 2020

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