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Connecticut High School Cancels Student Production of ‘Rent’

Posted by:	MockingbirdGirl 06:50 pm EST 12/04/13

The principal of Trumbull High School in Trumbull, Conn., has become the latest administrator to cancel a drama club production of the musical “Rent,” which deals frankly with sexuality, drug use, HIV and love in the lives of straight and gay characters. The school’s Thespian Society had been planning a springtime production of the school edition of “Rent,” a profanity-trimmed version of the Tony Award-winning show. The group’s president, Larissa Mark, said on Wednesday that the principal, Marc Guarino, told her and others in late November that he was barring the production because of concerns about “sensitive” material in the show. She said administrators had never weighed in on shows before, but added that Mr. Guarino had only started at Trumbull this summer. To rally support, Ms. Mark created a “Trumbull for Rent” page on Facebook, and she and others circulated a petition in support of the production. Roughly 1,500 fellow students signed, she said, or about two-thirds of the high school’s student body... Links to the Facebook page and petition referenced are in the original NYT article:
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