Censoring: My Thoughts

Yesterday, some bad news was broken to the drama department of my school. We would not be allowed to  perform our musical because a parent complained about the content of it, and it was subjected to a review by the district. Today, we learned that we do get to perform, but we have gotten permission from the licensing company to change some lyrics and scenes. We have been given permission to censor our show because it may offend people if we don't. What? Why? Is there any art that doesn't offend people? What happens now if somebody wants to perform Shakespeare? Our show is based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, but it would probably be just fine if we wanted to perform Twelfth Night. Because it's Shakespeare. But because one person said something because they were offended, we have to do something worse than cancel our show. WE HAVE TO CENSOR IT. I know I probably don't know a whole lot about censoring, but I'm upset because now we cannot present this in its original form because someone got offended. It's art for crying out loud! This show, something that has been worked on for the better part of two months, that had been approved- by the district- is no longer acceptable? Let us have our art! Let us express ourselves! The show is not true if we have to censor it. WHY CAN'T WE DO OUR SHOW??? I feel like censoring the show is worse than cancelling it. You may ask, "Why?" This is why: we can try to keep the integrity of the show, but it will not be the same without what was in the original. I have already planned to put together my own company and to put on shows that will NEVER be allowed in high schools here because as students, we want to perform these shows, but because of community standards that have been put in place, we can't. The shows I want to do don't even have the School Editions approved (except n2n... that's just plain old n2n... meaning: it will never be approved in high schools. ever). The school editions that have kept the integrity of the pieces, but made it acceptable for families are not allowed. My Plan: Rent by Jonathan Larson; Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey; Avenue Q by Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx, and Jeff Whitty. These are three of my top five shows and I would love to have the chance to perform them in a place where the community doesn't get to complain because it is our choice to perform. Not theirs.