Broadway’s Conrad Ricamora Starts Scholarship Fund For Asian Actors Amid Casting Controversy

Broadway’s Conrad Ricamora Starts Scholarship Fund For Asian Actors Amid Casting Controversy

Broadway actor Conrad Ricamora has launched a scholarship fund for Asian actors after the casting controversy at 'Maybe Happy Ending.'

Conrad Ricamora Launches Scholarship Fund for Asian Actors Following Maybe Happy Ending Casting Controversy

The announcement of Andrew Barth Feldman as the musical's new lead has led to outcry from Broadway's Asian American actors.

Conrad Ricamora Launches Scholarship For Asian American Male Actors

Conrad Ricamora has launched a scholarship for Asian American male actors. The stage and screen star posted the link to a GoFundMe page where people can donate to the fund. At press time, he has raised $33,894 of the $55,000 goal, and has received·208 donations. The scholarship, for Asian American male actors pursuing BFA or MFA acting degrees, is called The Right to Be There, because, as Ricamora writes, "no young actor should grow up feeling l…