As an actor and moviegoer, Dylan Marron has experienced the systemic racism that permeates mainstream media from both sides. But beyond the jobs that it costs actors of color, what repercussions does it have on the way we tell popular stories? And how does that affect the way we identify ourselves?

Join the Yale Humanist Community in Davies Auditorium at Yale (15 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT) on Wednesday, February 24 at 7:30 PM for a discussion on race and representation with Every Single Word creator Dylan Marron. RSVP on Facebook here.

Dylan Marron is a Venezuelan-American writer and actor best known for his role as Carlos the Scientist in the hit podcast Welcome to Night Vale; he also lends his voice to the Harper Collins audiobook of the same name. Marron also stars as Ari in the web series Whatever this is., for which he was named Best Actor by The Boston Globe. He is an ensemble member of the New York Neo-Futurists, who produced his play The Human Symphony, which was entirely performed by randomly selected audience members via mp3 instructional tracks. As the creator and director, he was nominated for a 2015 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Unique Theatrical Production.

In 2015 Marron created Every Single Word, a video series that isolates the dialogue spoken by people of color in popular films. He and Every Single Word have been profiled in The New York Times, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, NPR, and The Guardian, and have attracted the attention and support of Junot Diaz, Kerry Washington, and Aziz Ansari, among others. Tumblr named his Every Single Word blog their #1 of 2015. Marron has lectured about the importance of representation in film and media literacy at the Smithsonian, Lincoln Center, The Potomac School, Rutgers University, NerdCon, GeekyCon, and Friends Seminary.