Laramie Project

Theatre Focus presents The Laramie Project, November 4, 5, 6, 2011.

On October 6th of 1998 a gay University of Wyoming student, Matthew Shepard, was beaten and left to die tied to a fence in the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming. He died 6 days later. His torture and murder became a watershed historical moment in America that highlighted many of the fault lines in our culture.

A month after the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, the members of Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie and conducted interviews with the people of the town. From these interviews they wrote the play "The Laramie Project", which has become one of the most performed plays in America in the last decade. The company later made the play into a film for HBO. The play and the movie combined have been seen by more than 50 million people around the world.

"There are moments in history when a particular event brings the various ideologies and beliefs prevailing in a culture into sharp focus. At these junctures the event becomes a lighting rod of sorts, attracting and distilling the essence of these philosophies and convictions. By paying careful attention in moments like this to people's words, one is able to hear the way these prevailing ideas affect not only individual lives but also the culture at large."

-- Moises Kaufman, Tectonic Theatre Project

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Education

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• stephens
• gay
• laramie
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• matthew
• shepherd
• hate
• crimes

[labradoodles100]

Hey when did you do this? Btw this is Anna