
ALT We are deeply disappointed by the decision of Ohio’s Cardinal High School to cancel their upcoming production of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE for what the local schools superintendent has deemed “vulgarity,” including the depiction of one character’s gay parents. As the show’s originating producer, Barrington Stage Company decries censorship in all forms, and what is clearly not-so-thinly veiled homophobia. SPELLING BEE depicts many issues of the awkwardness of one’s teenage years, and by canceling the production, Cardinal High School is sending a message that these topics are meant to be hidden and left unexplored. We support the students who were in rehearsal and hope that a decision will be reached to allow the show to go on.


























