Concerns rose when a parent expressed worries about the play's actors playing multiple roles, male and female, saying it's drag.
Spring Branch ISD is canceling a school trip to see "James and the Giant Peach" over "age-appropriateness of the performance."Parents are divided after they were notified about the cancelation of an upcoming field trip to see a performance of "James and the Giant Peach."Main Street Theaters' performance of "James and the Giant Peach" is marketed for those in first grade and up.
Spring Branch ISD was supposed to go on a field trip to see the performance, but this week, parents were told the field trip was canceled and weren't told why. Thomas told ABC13 this may have started during the public comment portion of a recent school board meeting. She said a parent shared her concern about the actors playing multiple roles that were both male and female, saying it's drag."Drag is not a big deal. It's theater. It's art. It's been part of our culture for years," Thomas said."Drag is a different art form.
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