The Laramie Project
In October 1998, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised, and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay. Moises Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of a year and a half in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. Kaufman and Tectonic Theatre members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences in Laramie. The Laramie Project is a breathtaking collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.
Written by Moises Kaufman and the Members of Tectonic Theater Project.
Directed by Bill Gabelhausen.
Thursday-Saturday shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday's matinee begins at 2 p.m.
Performed in the Blackbox Theater.