During the process of developing Snow in Midsummer we had to learn about the Chinese culture that lies at the basis of this play. We had to consistently be checking our actions with online resources that tell us the appropriate ways to be saying certain things or doing things. For example a lot of the play focuses on spiritual culture and Buddhism in China, superstitions being a very big theme. We knew from the beginning that we had to be intensely accurate with our portrayals so that the play could not be considered as cultural appropriation. Our director Ms Parr brought in a teacher from the Chinese department to explain the backstory and give us some context for the storyline. We felt we had a certain responsibility to make sure Dou Yi’s story was being told respectfully, to her and her culture. We took the initiative to do our own research on the side into thew actions we were doing like in the temple, throwing hell paper, and during the funeral scene.