How Recast works

Without an account, you can:

• Browse every show, every performance, every cast list.
• Read every actor profile.
• Search across the whole record.

That's most of what people will use Recast for. We don't think you should have to register to see who's on tonight.

Once you've signed in, you can additionally:

• Track shows you've seen on your private viewing history.
• Submit a new show — Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional, college, anywhere. Goes live instantly. No approval queue.
• Edit metadata on existing shows (title, dates, venue). Instant. Audit-logged. Admins can revert.
• Add cast members to a show. Instant.
• Propose “who was on” a specific performance. The proposal goes live once it gets approved — see the section below on how that works.

A verified performer is someone whose identity we've confirmed. Verification gives you direct edit access to the shows you're in.

• Edit “who was on” for any performance of a show you're in. Instant. No proposal queue, no waiting on corroboration.
• Manage your own profile — bio, photos, videos, socials, agent contact, website.

Sign up, click Claim your profile, tell us how to verify it's really you (a verified social handle, your agent's contact info, a Spotlight or Backstage link), and we'll confirm within 24 hours.

While we're verifying, you can already fill out your profile, write your bio, and add photos. Your profile is hidden from the public directory and search until verification is complete, but you can keep working on it the whole time.

If you're not in the show, your “who was on” proposal goes into a queue. It gets promoted to live record when any one of these happens:

• A verified performer in that show approves it.
• An admin or moderator approves it.
• Three different signed-in users propose the same change for the same performance within 30 days. Auto-approve.

If you ARE in the show as a verified performer, your edits propagate immediately — no proposal, no waiting. You're closest to the truth.

Every edit is logged with the user who made it. Admins and moderators can revert any edit with one click. The audit log is public — over time, the trustworthiness of the data is built into who's doing the editing.

If something looks wrong on a page, anyone signed in can flag it for admin review.

Three role tiers:

• User — the default. Can do everything a signed-in person can: submit shows, edit metadata, add cast, propose performance edits.
• Moderator — additionally can review and approve pending performance-edit proposals (no need to wait for three corroborations) and revert edits via the audit log.
• Admin — final word. Reviews and approves identity claims; can edit anything; can promote others to moderator.

Reach out and we'll figure it out. Recast is small, the team is one person right now, and we want to get this right with the community's help.