# @thewrap on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C5mC9Goy8kQ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14928536-thewrap-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-04-10T20:31:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Wrap (@thewrap) — https://gondola.cc/thewrap

## Caption

Over 800 actors, a majority of whom are Black, female and non-binary, signed an open letter supporting #FrancescaAmewudahRivers after she was the target of online racism following her casting in a new production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet.”

Amewudah-Rivers was cast in Jamie Lloyd’s production of the tragic romance as Juliet alongside #TomHolland as Romeo.

Among the signatories are #SusanWokoma, #FreemaAgyeman, #NikkiAmukaBird, #LollyAdefope, #ChinenyeEzeudu, #LashanaLynch and #SophieWilde, to name a few.

“Many of us took to social media to shower our baby sis with love and congratulations — a huge deal for someone so young in their career. A huge rising talent,” the letter reads. “But then what followed was a too familiar horror that too many of us visible Black, dark skinned performers have experienced. The racist and misogynistic abuse directed at such a sweet soul has been too much to bear.”

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## Tags

susanwokoma, lollyadefope, tomholland, nikkiamukabird, freemaagyeman, lashanalynch, francescaamewudahrivers, chinenyeezeudu, sophiewilde

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