Thanks, that's what I'm asking about, what goes into deciding what makes someone the "best choice" for the role. I've seen this come up in LARP, for instance, and it can get messy because while some GMs are open to casting people according to the gender(s) with which they identify (or cross-casting), others are against it, and that becomes discriminatory.

So, I'm reading from your response here that Theatre@First does not have a non-discrimination policy that covers this specifically, and it is left entirely up to the individual casting directors?