GAS CITY, Ind. (WXIN/WTTV) — After months of rehearsals and just two weeks before the show was set to premiere, Indiana school officials decided to cancel a high school performance of "Between the Lines," a move best-selling author Jodi Picoult said is "the latest example" of encroachment on the freedom of expression.

Mississinewa High School Superintendent Jeremy Fewell said last week that the last-minute cancellation was due to content "not appropriate for a public school-sponsored performance." He pointed to "sexual innuendos and alcohol references that I couldn’t, in good conscience, allow in a public school performance."

The decision has drawn some national attention as the theater world takes note of the perceived censorship, while school administrators claim the play contains "ina

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