Patrons of off-off-and a few more offs Broadway theaters in New York City report receiving unusual threats and the hacking of not-so-valuable financial information after they were planning to host dramatic productions of "The Jury and the Proxecutors," a play that satirically skewers Princeton’s Faculty-Student Committee on Discipline in action.
The threats issued have been multifariously malignant. One woman said she got an anonymous phone call telling her that if "The Jury" played at her theater, an army of tigers would tear her and her family limb from limb.
“Those guys in 'The Hangover' were lucky,” the note added.
Another proprietor received a call from an angry woman who said her son, husband and grandfather, who all worked at Morgan Stanley after majoring in history, could ruin her business. Yet another proprietor whose son was deferred in December got an angry warning that if her theater showed the play, all relatives who applied would be deferred until May and then rejected.
“They do that already, so I guess that wasn’t that bad,” she said.
Classified financial information was also released in tumults over the web. University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said that the threats were not the work of anyone on his staff. Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan also denied any involvement on the administration’s behalf and said that the threats are a crude attempt at tyranny that have done irreparable damage to the reputation of the University’s judicial system.
Justice Miller ’97, author of "The Jury and the Proxecutors," said her story was meant to show that Princeton’s devotion to the Honor Code, while admirable, borders on zealotry. She explained that her play is a dramatic Princetonian retelling of Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible," which is about an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in colonial Salem, Mass. In her play, she said, students are so desperate for the A's that have been limited to them by grade deflation that they begin picking off the high-achieving students by accusing them of cheating.
“I won’t deny that the pledge gives us an edge,” she said, “but I show how Princeton’s Committee on Discipline is so devoted to it that they believe even the most ridiculous of accusations. It’s a bit incongruous that some students accused of rape are protected by their schools while less harmful transgressions such as cheating and drug possession are severely punished.”
Another group of accusers in the play, she said, is a bevy of Thetas in Tiger Inn who are angry at the way the TI men treat them and decide to have their revenge. She noted that she got the inspiration for this plot twist from a student’s sociology thesis.
President Barack Obama reprimanded the off-off-and a few more offs theaters for bowing down to the threats and cyberbullying.
“This statement is going out nationally,” he said, “so I hope that gives the theaters enough impetus to change their minds.”
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