CONTENT TRANSPARENCY I Season 2024-2025

If you have any specific questions about content, age-appropriateness, or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) not listed that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact info@latteda.org

Please note that the above will be updated to more accurately reflect the physical production as we arrive closer to Opening Night of each production.


SCOTLAND, PA

Book by Michael Mitnick
Music & Lyrics by Adam Gwon
Directed by Lonny Price & Matt Cowart

This new musical is based on the cult film of the same name which was rated R (for language, drug content and brief violence), which itself was an adaptation of Shakespeare's THE TRAGEDIE OF MACBETH which dramatized the damaging physical and psychological effects of ambition on those who seek power.

SCOTLAND, PA includes:

  • Strong adult language (including the f-word)

  • Depictions of violence and murder

  • Depictions of drug use, drug influence

  • Uses of herbal cigarettes and prop firearms/weapons/blood

  • Uses of fog, haze, and strobe effects

Age recommendation: 13+


RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA

Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
New Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Original Book by Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by Justin Lucero

The fairy tale source material is adapted into a musical that is very kid-friendly overall. Positive themes include the values of kindness, courage, perseverance, and integrity.

CINDERELLA includes:

  • Some moments of bullying and name-calling

  • Moments of comical slapstick

  • Bright and colorful flashing lights

Age recommendation: 5+


SCHOOL PICTURES

Written and performed by Milo Cramer
Directed by Morgan Green

During the performance, the writer/performer shares stories drawing from their experience as a NYC tutor.

SCHOOL PICTURES includes:

  • Some strong & offensive language (use of the r-word)

  • Mentioned loss of a parent

  • References to racism & classism

Age recommendation: 13+


FUN HOME

Music by Jeanine Tesori
Book & Lyrics by Lisa Kron
Directed by Addie Gorlin-Han

FUN HOME is a musical adaptation of the seminal LGBTQ+ graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel chronicling her life growing up in the family-owned funeral home. The story concerns Bechdel's discovery of her own lesbian sexuality, her relationship with her closeted gay father, and her attempts to unlock the mysteries surrounding his life and death.

FUN HOME includes:

  • Some strong language and adult themes, including verbal abuse and depictions of homophobia

  • Conversations/depictions of death by suicide

  • Allusions to sexual contact between an adult and teenagers

  • Depictions of cannabis use

Age recommendation: 10+


PASSION

Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
Directed by Justin Lucero

PASSION’s central themes include love, sex, obsession, illness, passion, beauty, power and manipulation. The presentation of these themes are approached through feelings of relentlessness and intensity.

PASSION includes:

  • Physical intimacy (although full or partial nudity, as with some productions, will not be employed in this production)

  • Gun shot sounds and use of prop arms

  • Themes of illness and death

Age recommendation: 10+