This is not the true intent of the playwright and there was plenty of anger and criticism from the Latinx community itself. Not only is the main character, Evita, herself whitewashed but so indeed is the rest of the main supporting cast including the part portraying the President of Argentina himself. North Shores dismission of their casting choice defended themselves with the claim of “colorblind casting” which is ignoring someone's race in favor of casting someone who is skilled enough to take on the role no matter how similar they are or are not to the character in appearance. Frankly, this is a terrible excuse to cast a real person as someone deemed more “fitting”. North Shore Productions is located in Massachusetts a state with 11% of
