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The Laramie Project

by Moisés Kaufman, Moisés Kaufman (Director), Tectonic Theatre Project

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This is one of the most profound plays that I have ever read. It is so strikingly different than what we believe theatre is able to produce. It takes us into the mentality of a small Midwestern town beautifully. We are able to understand why this one single moment means so much and defines the people of Laramie. ( )
  EricPatterson | Mar 30, 2013 |
I read this because I am the faculty sponsor for the Gay-Straight Alliance, and we were putting on the play last Spring. Wow. The play (not in the traditional sense) is a record of the Tectonic Theatre Group's interactions and interviews with people who had a connection to the death of Matthew Shephard, a man brutally murdered because of his sexual orientation. Reading this play was powerful, and I must admit I shed a tear or two (and I am not a crying kind of gal). While the torture and murder of Shepard is certainly the focus, a very strong issue central to the play is the question: how did this horrible event happen in this town, and how do the townspeople come to terms with it? I definitely recommend this play. ( )
  EclecticEccentric | Oct 3, 2012 |
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  MightyLeaf | May 25, 2010 |
This was a powerful play about a very tragic event. I remember hearing about this on the news but vaguely remember the details. But what I do remember is the media frenzy that followed the incident. I thought that having the play based on the interviews with Laramie residents and the focus on the effects an event like this can have on a town was what made this play so powerful. Moises Kaufman did a good job of taking an incident many of us know about and giving it a new face. It made me realize again how powerful and affecting the media can be. Probably the best part for me, was that it made me want to read more plays. ( )
  smohri | Aug 13, 2009 |
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On October 7, 1998, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence in the hills outside Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in an act of hate that shocked the nation. Matthew Shepard’s death became a national symbol of intolerance, but for the people of Laramie the event was deeply personal, and it’s they we hear in this stunningly effective theater piece, a deeply complex portrait of a community.

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"On October 7, 1998, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence in the hills outside Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in an act of brutality and hate that shocked the nation. Matthew Shepard's death became a national symbol of intolerance, but for the people of Laramie the event was deeply personal, and it is their voices we hear in this stunningly effective theater piece... The Laramie Project chronicles the life of the town of Laramie in the year after the murder, using eight actors to embody more than sixty different people in their own words - from rural ranchers to university professors. The result is a complex portrayal that dispels the simplistic media stereotypes and explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable."… (more)

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