The first thing an audience member will notice is that the cast of founding fathers doesn’t look like one might expect. The founding fathers can be generalized for the most part as white men with white hair but Miranda wasn’t about that. I think he knew that the second someone saw that, they would be turned off. So he shook it up and casted actors of all races to play the people who started it all. In addition, the ensemble wears costumes that are not necessarily gender specific, with few exceptions. This is a revolutionary idea. “Casting ‘Hamilton’ with people of all races symbolizes how America is a melting pot for everyone,” remarks Emily Fogel ‘17. Not only is he making the show about combining America then with America now, but he is also smashing the barriers of type casting, and employing real-life feminism on stage. “It shows a certain liberation from the women that is refreshing to see on stage,” says Kate Harte-McCormick ‘18’. On top of that, people are seriously picking up on it! They understand, they get it! Even if it’s subconsciously However, are these changes historically incorrect? “To be an actor is to portray someone you are not. This black man is just as much not Thomas Jefferson as any white man. The point of casting is not to choose someone who looks like the figure, but someone who can play the role how the director wants,.” says Kate Harte-McCormick ’18. Although I think it’s a huge political statement, actors never look completely like the character they are playing. However in “Hamilton,”, the actors look very different than the characters they are playing (with the exception of King George III who was casted deliberately as white.). To combine these ideas of feminism and multiracial casting even more, Manuel said in an interview that he is open to having women playing the founding fathers for the touring company.