Stanley Tucci and Morgan Spurlock team up to champion high school theater
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If you thought the controversy over John Jay’s production of “The Vagina Monologues” got a lot of attention, that’s nothing compared to the uproar that recently took place over the Connecticut border at Wilton High School.
Students there were gearing up to perform “Voices in Conflict,” a series of monologues drawn from the stories of actual soldiers in their own words, drawn from blogs, articles, recorded interviews, and books. But then, in an absurd miscalculation of the zeitgeist about the war, the school’s principal attempted to pull the plug on the whole production. The NY Times wrote an article about the school banning the play, which of course prompted nearly eveyone in the NYC theater community to call the school in protest.
Long story short (too late!) the kids were ultimately invited to perform at the Vineyard Theater, Culture Project, and Public Theater. In addition to coverage from CNN and NPR, they also got some attention from the curious duo of North Salem actor-director Stanley Tucci and documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock.
The two were interviewing the students as part of a PBS series they’re putting together. No word on what it’s called or when it’s airing, but if the program sounds anything like a Cingular commercial or looks anything like moldy hamburger, I’m in.
“Unwelcome at Home, Student Play Is a Hit in New York” [NY Times]
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