![]() In a conversation with PEN America, Vogel explained, “They’re trying to make history repeat itself, but they’re trying to have a different ending.” PEN America joined with other free expression groups in condemning the cancellation of Indecent. ![]() She released a statement and offered to speak to the school board, and has since recorded a podcast with some of the school’s actors. After the high school production was canceled, Vogel gathered her New York cast for a Zoom meeting, looking for a way to turn it into something positive. Indecent had a better run on Broadway, earning a Tony nomination for best play in 2017. Vogel said a kiss between two women was used “as a pretext for closing a Jewish play.” After it came to Broadway in 1923, it was raided and shut down as obscene. God of Vengeance documented antisemitism and a relationship between two women, and was a success in Yiddish productions across Europe. ![]() Students at Douglas Anderson High School of the Arts in Duval County, Florida, had planned their production of Indecent 100 years to the day after the cast of the play that inspired it, Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance, was arrested for obscenity. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright watched a video on Instagram from a young actor in the play and told herself, “Look, you shouldn’t be watching this while driving.” Then she started crying. Paula Vogel was driving on Interstate 95 when she got word that a high school production of her play Indecent had been canceled. 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony. ![]()
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