Massachusetts Charter School takes heat for staging gay play about Biblical 'Adam and Steve'

[The Straight Story]

Massachusetts Charter School takes heat for staging gay play about Biblical 'Adam and Steve'


Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Public Charter School in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is taking heat for staging a play that imagines Adam's partner in the Garden of Eden as Steve rather than Eve.

According to CBN News, the school has received e-mails and calls from people who oppose the selection and who say they may protest the production during its run, which begins March 15. But the school is defending its decision. According to CBN News:

In a letter to parents, administrators at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Public Charter School said the play is consistent with the school's philosophy and appropriate for a high school audience.

But they did admit to receiving email petitions and phone calls describing the production as "blasphemous and hateful."

Some of the messages from opponents also say they plan to organize protests through local churches.

The school's website announces performance dates and times and provides a description of the play:

What if Adam’s partner in the Garden of Eden wasn’t Eve, but … Steve? In The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, two First Couples—not only Adam and Steve but also Jane and Mabel—experience life’s joys and perils from the biblical world to the modern day. This satirical comedy by Paul Rudnick (author of I Hate Hamlet and Jeffrey) is cheeky, raucously funny, surprisingly tender and ultimately wise as it dissects history, relationships, gay politics and the mystery of faith.

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/blogs/bostonspirit/2013/03/massachusetts_charter_school_s.html

[orleans]

1. sounds like a fun play. i'd go see that one. n/t

[secondwind]

2. Me too! We live in Boston, but won't return until April 10th. so we will miss this.