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Thursday, October 29, 2026
Texas Student Sues School District Under Title IX After Losing Role in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
BroadwayWorld: A Texas high school senior who was removed from the role of Seymour in her school’s production of Little Shop of Horrors is suing her school district in federal court. She alleges the district discriminated against her because she is female.
It seems strange that the district administrators didn’t explain why they decided to give the role to another student a week into rehearsals. Reading about it, everything seems to have happened so suddenly. I wonder if there could have been other contributing factors, such as scheduling conflicts that caused missed rehearsals or the discovery of better candidates, that led to the switch. However, if there were legitimate reasons, I wonder why the district administrators haven’t responded directly to the lawsuit and have instead declined to comment on it. Because of this, questions are raised about the fairness and morality of their decision to replace the actor. Otherwise, there shouldn’t be a problem with casting actors whose gender differs from that of their characters, as according to the article both the 2025 Texas law and the licensing company’s regulations allow cross-gender casting. I don’t know. I just wish I could hear more from the district administrators’ side and learn the full story.
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It seems strange that the district administrators didn’t explain why they decided to give the role to another student a week into rehearsals. Reading about it, everything seems to have happened so suddenly. I wonder if there could have been other contributing factors, such as scheduling conflicts that caused missed rehearsals or the discovery of better candidates, that led to the switch. However, if there were legitimate reasons, I wonder why the district administrators haven’t responded directly to the lawsuit and have instead declined to comment on it. Because of this, questions are raised about the fairness and morality of their decision to replace the actor. Otherwise, there shouldn’t be a problem with casting actors whose gender differs from that of their characters, as according to the article both the 2025 Texas law and the licensing company’s regulations allow cross-gender casting. I don’t know. I just wish I could hear more from the district administrators’ side and learn the full story.
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