High School Play Canceled For “Balance”

Students in a Connecticut high school wrote their own play about the war in Iraq. “They compiled reflections of soldiers and others involved, including a heartbreaking letter from a 2005 Wilton High graduate killed in Iraq last September at age 19, and quickly found their largely sheltered lives somewhat transformed. But even as 15 student actors were polishing the script and perfecting their accents for a planned April performance, the school principal last week canceled the play, titled ‘Voices in Conflict,’ citing questions of political balance and context.”