The Laramie Project
by Moise's Kaufman and the Tectonic Company
Presented in June of 2002.
Written by Moisés Kaufman.
Directed by *Homer Tracy.
Cast: Shayne Brakefield, Rose Coleman, Buzz Cornelison, Sally Mae Dunn, Dana Lynn Floro, Dorislee Jackson, Josh Paugh, Marcus Roland, Ron Sarver, *Michael Thompson, and Whitney West.
The Laramie Project is about the reaction to the 1998 murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. The murder was denounced as a hate crime and brought attention to the lack of hate crime laws in various states, including Wyoming.
An example of verbatim theatre, the play draws on hundreds of interviews conducted by the theatre company with inhabitants of the town, company members' own journal entries, and published news reports. It is divided into three acts, and eight actors portray more than sixty characters in a series of short scenes.
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