Editing Prom (section)

==Adult proms==
An adult prom is a social event that is almost perfectly similar to a high school prom in terms of themes and attire, except that some adult proms also serve [[alcoholic beverages]], and therefore most adult proms (at least in the U.S.) require those attending to be at least 21 years of age. The origin of adult prom is unclear, though two events which occurred in the 1990s are likely to have inspired the concept. [[Drew Barrymore]] stated in a late 1990s interview on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' that she threw a prom party for herself and a few friends who never got to go to prom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/entertainment-news/drew-barrymore/drew-barrymore-prom-party.html |title=Drew Barrymore's prom party |publisher=AskMen.com |date=2007-05-24 |access-date=2010-03-29 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612071741/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/entertainment-news/drew-barrymore/drew-barrymore-prom-party.html |archive-date=2011-06-12 }}</ref>
The Class of 1956 from [[Tenafly, New Jersey]], whose prom was canceled at the time, held their own prom for their 35 Year Reunion in 1991.<ref> {{Cite news |last=Hanley |first=Robert |date=1991-11-02 |title=Mid-Life Crisis: Dressing for Prom Night |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/02/nyregion/mid-life-crisis-dressing-for-prom-night.html |access-date=2023-02-23 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In the ''Nobody's Property'' novel series, character Mallorie Walcott, an event planner, mentions that she helped put her younger daughter Cassandra through college, in part, from the revenue she made from planning adult proms in the 1990s either for people who missed their actual high school proms in the 1970s and 1980s or simply wanted to re-live their prom night.

A form of adult prom is the "second chance prom". It is a big gathering of people who either did not go to prom, wanted to relive prom, or whose high school prom did not work out the way they had hoped.

A slightly different take on the adult prom is that of the disabilities prom, dedicated to providing a prom experience to disabled adults at no charge to the attendees. These events are most often organized by non-profit organizations focusing on the disabled, or large churches.<ref>See, for example, [http://www.southeastchristian.org/Default.aspx?page=3683 "Shine"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004222146/http://www.southeastchristian.org/Default.aspx?page=3683 |date=2013-10-04 }}, a prom of this type organized by [[Southeast Christian Church (Louisville, Kentucky)|Southeast Christian Church]] in [[Middletown, Kentucky]].</ref>

In 2010, Theatrical producers in [[New York City|New York]] produced an audience participation theatrical play, set in an actual dance hall, called ''[[The Awesome 80s Prom]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=The Awesome 80s Prom New York City.com : Broadway Tickets : Editorial Review|url=http://www.nyc.com/broadway_tickets/the_awesome_80s_prom.685030/editorial_review.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116092837/http://www.nyc.com/broadway_tickets/the_awesome_80s_prom.685030/editorial_review.aspx|archive-date=2010-01-16|access-date=2010-03-29|publisher=Nyc.com}}</ref> where attendees were at a prom and got to vote on the king and queen from the cast of characters.