Higher Ground (play)
Artist: Jennie Brown
Year: 2008
Date of Action: February 2008
Region: North America
Location: Sherwood, Oregon
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Sexual/Gender Orientation, Youth
Medium: Theatre and Performance
Confronting Bodies: Sherwood Middle School Administrators
Description of Artwork: "'Higher Ground,'... tells the tale of middle-schoolers who face and overcome labeling, bullying and harassment by fellow students." [1]
The Incident: The play, which was written by the Sherwood drama teacher, was stopped from production the week of the performance, due to complaints that the material contained within it was inappropriate. The decision to stop the play came after the Sherwood elementary school students refused to alter the play as per administrative requests.
Results of Incident: In spite of a letter from NCAC, the play did not resume production. In the next year, teacher Jennie Brown resigned.
Source:
• http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianextra/2008/02/drama_floods_over_higher_groun.html