GAS CITY, Ind. — Popular author Jodi Picoult said that one parent's complaint about a non-binary character led to a last-minute cancellation of Mississinewa High School's planned performance of "Between the Lines."

Upset parents said they've now had to console their teary-eyed children who spent countless hours and several months preparing for opening night, only to have the rug yanked out from beneath their feet just days before the planned premiere.

"Do you know how it feels to have your child calling you, bawling their eyes out because the thing they put ALL their free time into was pulled away from them?" said parent Meg Berg in reacting to the news on social media.

The decision has drawn some national attention as the theater world takes note of the perceived censorship while schoo

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