Broadway's 'Jagged Little Pill' Producers Apologize for Erasing Non-Binary Character, Lauren Patten Speaks Out Too

The producers of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical Jagged Little Pill are apologizing in a formal statement for the erasure of a non-binary character.
The character Jo, played by Tony nominee Lauren Patten, was played as a non-binary person during the show’s pre-Broadway run in Boston in 2018. When the show moved to New York City the next year, all the references to the character being non-binary were removed.Lauren also stopped referring to Jo as “they” or “them&rdquo