I'm in pre-production for the Nina Raine play 'Tribes' right now, and the script makes references to the cast eating, discussing and complaining about various kinds of nuts at numerous points in the play. It seems like the family just can't have a meal without a bowl of nuts somewhere on the table!
My question is, what do I do if an actor is allergic to nuts? Because they're described very specifically in the script (the characters comment that the chestnuts are 'rotten', 'come from the garden' and then someone eats one, etc.), it's going to mean doing some re-writing if they were substituted. To avoid having to deal with this, is there something which looks like nuts and are edible, but are very specifically not nuts? I need to replace chestnuts and pistachios.
Alternatively, do we just need to do a re-write? The play hasn't been cast yet, but it's hardly fair to cast actors based on whether or not they can consume pistachios.
My question is, what do I do if an actor is allergic to nuts? Because they're described very specifically in the script (the characters comment that the chestnuts are 'rotten', 'come from the garden' and then someone eats one, etc.), it's going to mean doing some re-writing if they were substituted. To avoid having to deal with this, is there something which looks like nuts and are edible, but are very specifically not nuts? I need to replace chestnuts and pistachios.
Alternatively, do we just need to do a re-write? The play hasn't been cast yet, but it's hardly fair to cast actors based on whether or not they can consume pistachios.