Indiana high school cancels Jodi Picoult play in act she calls 'censorship'

"Even with the licensed edits, there were still sexual innuendos and alcohol references that I couldn't, in good conscience, allow in a public school performance," Fewell said… 

In a Facebook post earlier this month, Picoult alleged that the complaint about the play came from a single parent who objected to the original text having a non-binary character. The amended production did not reference the character's gender identity, according to Picoult…

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indiana-high-school-cancels-jodi-picoult-play-act-calls-censorship-rcna240764

 

One Way Parents Can Fight the Phone-Based Childhood - The Atlantic

About 75 percent of kids ages 9 to 12 regularly play the online game Roblox, where they can interact with friends and even strangers. But most of the children in our survey said that they aren't allowed to be out in public at all without an adult. Fewer than half of the 8- and 9-year-olds have gone down a grocery-store aisle alone; more than a quarter aren't allowed to play unsupervised even in their own front yard...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/kids-smartphones-play-freedom/683742/

Star-studded cast to perform play based on Mueller report - The Hill

A star-studded cast — including John Lithgow, Alyssa Milano, Alfre Woodard, Annette Bening and many others — will perform in a play based on the Mueller report.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/450012-star-studded-cast-to-perform-play-based-on-mueller-report