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Muscatine Community College
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Muscatine Community College: Administration Cancels Virtual Play After Voicing Concerns About Controversial Themes
September 30, 2020
In September 2020, Muscatine Community College canceled its fall play, which was to be a virtual performance of “Dog Sees God,” a reimagining of the “Peanuts” cartoon in which the characters are high school students grappling with issues such as sexuality and drug use. The cancellation occurred after an administrator had voiced concerns about the… Read more
Theater director fought for banned show to go on. Tonight, it will — and you can watch.
November 20, 2020
The virtual curtain will finally rise tonight on a play that got the Vaudeville Hook at Muscatine Community College earlier this semester. For MCC theater director Alyssa Oltmanns, who fought alongside FIRE to get the college to support the show, opening night for her small theater program in a town on the eastern edge of… Read more
The show must go on: Iowa college won’t sponsor virtual play, local theater group steps up
October 21, 2020
Muscatine Community College (near Davenport, Iowa) is continuing to blame the coronavirus and technology concerns for the decision to cancel its virtual fall play. Following FIRE’s Sept. 25 letter urging MCC to sponsor its scheduled fall play after cancelling it, MCC President Naomi DeWinter doubled down on the college’s stance that it will not sponsor… Read more
Lights, camera, overreaction! Iowa college cancels virtual play about gay Charlie Brown, blames coronavirus
September 30, 2020
“Not the ‘Peanuts’ they are used to”: Theater director said administrator previously cited “concerns” about the virtual play FIRE: “Good grief!” MUSCATINE, Iowa, Sept. 30, 2020 — A community college in Iowa is blaming the coronavirus for cancelling a scheduled virtual play — after an administrator raised concerns about its content. Now, the Foundation for… Read more