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Amanda Palmer Asks Community For Response To Censored School Play

By Michael O'Neil|2024-08-02T13:03:14-04:00February 8th, 2011|Blog|

Amanda Palmer, co-founder of the legendary Dresden Dolls and known for a wide variety of solo work, is a damn-proud alumna of the Lexington High School drama program. She credits it for granting her the opportunity to work with avant-garde material and forms that continue to influence her as a performer and artist. Naturally, then, she felt particularly outraged by [...]

NCAC urges Superintendent to reverse his decision to ban student play

By NCAC Staff|2016-01-15T15:14:13-05:00February 26th, 2009|Incidents|

On February 25, school board members in La Grande, OR voted to uphold Superintendent Larry Glaze’s decision to censor a student production of Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the Lapin Agile”, ignoring spirited and articulate appeals from the High School principal and drama teacher. It was yet another disturbing case of school officials catering to the more censorious voices in their community. Prior to the board meeting, NCAC urged Superintendent Glaze to reconsider his decision.