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Because of this controversy, a campaign has been organized to close the show. How far are you willing to go before you call it quits?
Would you cross a picket line to get to work? Would anonymous threats of vaguely-defined violence (The phone rings. "We're gonna get you. *click*") throw you off? Would you be willing to endure excommunication from a religious organization in the service of your job?
If I believed in what I was doing, sure. I'd be in all the way. Cross picket lines, deal with the adversity, and even accept threats to a degree. Now if there is a guy with a gun outside my stage door...I'm taking the day off. Theatre is a powerful instrument of social change even now in a time where its popularity and outreach has been diminished compared to other points in history. I think I'd have to take a good, hard, look at what this project was trying to do. If the change is needed so badly, the people being supported are so oppressed, or the injustice is so great then it's the duty of a good person to stand up in whatever way they can. Theatre is my medium. This is the best way I can bring about that change. So bring it on I guess, if it's worth it.
On a general note, I've only been truly against working on one script and that was set in a alternate reality where child molestation was considered an acceptable form of showing "love for child". I drew the line. A very bold line. It ended up never being produced. Shocker!