The Laramie Project

by Moises Kaufman 

and The Members of Tectonic Theater Project

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Show Info: NEW SHOW DATES

POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

 

Producers: Mark & Sandy Baker

Director:  Krystal Osborne

Assistant Director: Alyssa Otoski-Keim

Stage Manager:  Eric Mobley

Set Design:  Alyssa Otoski-Keim

Sound Design:  Krystal Osborne

Costume and Props:  Krystal Osborne and Alyssa Otoski- Keim

 

Cast: 

Whitney Tenney Pak

Cameron Walker

Blair Dawson

Julia Jaremko

Josh Mele

Blondean Young

Emily Hulsizer

Renee Marchak

Marcia Mele

John LaCasse

Geoff Starks

David Hewitt

Laura Stisser

Ben Chai

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Synopsis:

In October 1998 in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming, Matthew Shepard, a 21 year old student at the University of Wyoming, was tied to a fence post, severely beaten, robbed, , tortured and left, alone, to die. His body -- battered, bloody, barely clinging to life -- was discovered eighteen hours later. He was rushed to the hospital and put on life support. He died five days later. The reason for this brutal crime? Matthew Shepard was gay.

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The hate crime attracted vast attention worldwide, bringing sexual discrimination and violence to the forefront of public discourse. The Tectonic Theater Project, led by their founder Moisés Kaufman, traveled to Laramie in the aftermath of the murder with the intent of creating a theatrical portrait of a town coming to grips with horrible, hate-fueled violence. Over the course of a year and a half, the group interviewed over 200 subjects, some directly related to the case and some regular citizens of Laramie. Out of these interviews, journal entries, and found texts, The Laramie Project was born. Hailed as one of the most captivating and encompassing pieces of contemporary theatre, the play shocks, challenges, and moves all who watch it as it reveals the lowest depths of hatred and greatest heights of compassion that lies within all human beings in any seemingly average community.

  

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