Production: The Laramie Project
Written by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
Directed by Trinity Wheeler
About the Play: In October 1998 a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, 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. Moisés 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 two young men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. Some people interviewed were directly connected to the case, and others were citizens of Laramie, and the breadth of their reactions to the crime is fascinating. Kaufman and Tectonic Theater members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences. The Laramie Project is a breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.
THE LARAMIE PROJECT
Tyler Civic Theatre Center (400 Rose Park Drive, Tyler)
June 17, 18 and 19. 7:30PM nightly.
Directed by Trinity Wheeler
Produced by Chris Abraham
Cast Members: Chris Abraham, Coby Archa, Dillon Dudley, Sean Holliday, Connie Jackson, Thomas Kearnes, Johnny Loughridge, Cecily Luft, Russell McCook, Hannah Morris, Allison Pharr, Jolie Smith, Michael Ward, Frances Whiteside, Samantha Winn, Spencer Young and Megan Younger.
Tickets available at the TCTC Box Office and online at www.tylercivictheatre.com.
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