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'Cabaret' production puts
high school girls in lingerie 
Local newspaper refuses to run
'sexually suggestive' photographs

A production of "Cabaret" in a California city that features high schoolers as cast members is drawing a horrified reaction from public interest organizations and local officials because of the revealing costumes and the teens' sexually provocative poses.

Titus Gee, a reporter for the Valley Press in Lancaster, first reported on the situation, noting that the high school performers will be attired inappropriately in revealing undergarments.

The production this weekend at Antelope Valley College's Black Box Theatre in Lancaster, Calif., was not the responsibility of the high school, where spokeswoman Bridget Cook told WND that "there may be some individuals who have some connection to the high school district, like students or staff or volunteers" who are participating in the college event. But a spokeswoman from the college who did not provide her name told WND that the production was a joint effort with the high school. The newspaper said both high school and college students are involved.

Karen England, executive director of Capitol Resource Institute, said she was "absolutely appalled that a high school would allow its students to participate in a show that can only be described as a strip tease for minors."

"As a parent, I am outraged that a high school would allow its students, minors in their charge, to be involved such an inappropriate production," England said. "We are calling on parents all across California to contact the Antelope Valley Union High School District and express their outrage."

"Schools should be engaged in education, not titillation!” she said.

The newspaper said the production was a part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District's "senior project program." Highland High senior Lane Williams told the newspaper he's wanted to stage "Cabaret" since he was a freshman and was "surprised" he was able to do it.

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Article modified due in my opinion to be too descriptive.

I find it appalling also that high school children can be allowed to be in such a film and exploited in such a manner yet something as morally inducing as Christmas plays, Christmas songs, prayer and the Bible are not permitted in schools. It is just one more thing that is inducing decadence into the morality of our children. It clearly shows the moral decline in the indoctrination being implemented in public schools.