Performance goes on despite church objection
Florida ? Two Orlando theaters Saturday offered stages for a prep-school production of La Cage aux Folles that was halted after an Episcopal bishop complained about the show’s themes.
Both the Orlando Shakespeare Theater and the Orlando Repertory Theatre – a group for youngsters – offered Saturday to provide a venue next weekend for Trinity Preparatory School’s performances.
“We do it with enthusiasm,” said Jim Helsinger, artistic director of the Orlando Shakespeare Theater.
Trinity Prep’s fine-arts director, Janine Papin, who directs the show, said Saturday that she would keep her promise to let the school’s board of directors decide this week whether to let students resume performances at the school’s auditorium.
“I do believe things will turn out well,” she said. “I am an optimist, and I believe there is a learning lesson in all of this for us.”







