The laramie project online community is a social network. Revisiting the town a decade after the tragedy, the troupe finds a community grappling with its legacy. Ten years later on september 12th, 2008, five members of tectonic returned to laramie to try to understand the longterm effect of the murder. The laramie project ten years later hunter of justice. Compare cheapest textbook prices for the laramie project and the laramie project. While the laramie project obtains a lot of its power and gravitas from its exploration of the anger, confusion, and rage in the wake of a tragedyespecially one so tied to hate10 years later is a depiction of a community that has still not fully recovered or moved on from a tragedy which has sadly defined it. For its premiere at the new york theater workshop in downtown manhattan, laramie. Ten years later, the matthew shepard story retold the 1999 play the laramie project explores the true story surrounding the death of matthew shepard, a. Oct 14, 2009 mondays staged reading of the laramie project. The matthew shepard foundation supports dozens of productions of the laramie project and its epilogue the laramie project. The laramie project, a play that chronicles how the community grappled with the slaying. On september 12th, 2008, the members of tectonic theater project returned to laramie, wyoming, ten years after the murder of matthew shepard and conducted interviews with the people of the town.
Ten years later debuted in 2009 and has been performed throughout the country. Over the next year, the company returned to laramie six times and conducted over 200 interviews. The laramie project, one of the mostperformed theater pieces in america, has become a modern classic. Scientists tell me that human history, that the world is five bil lion or six billion years old after all. Two crowds gathered in the department of theatre and dances lab theatre last night to join over one hundred theaters around the world for an interactive premiere of tectonic theater project s, the laramie project. The laramie project study guide from litcharts the creators. This sequel to the original play follows the return of the tectonic theater project to laramie, wyoming. The light this fall is much like the light that fall. Laramie project ten years later while the laramie project is presented in theaters and schools nationwide for its artistic and academic value, the play often attracts controversy that. Last night, as part of the reps new play program and in conjunction with a more global event, the seattle rep presented a one night only staged reading of the laramie project. In october of 2008, ten years following the killing of matthew shepard, members of tectonic theater project returned to laramie to interview.
Matthew shepard was a twentyoneyearold student at the university of wyoming. The laramie project ten years later helps us to appreciate that calls for legal responses to a hatemotivated murder, ten or eleven years out, are also and intrinsically part of an ongoing struggle to tell and retell a particular history, so as to define the collective identity of a set of communities. Created by kaufman and members of the tectonic theater project, the shows script is. In this expanded edition, it is joined by an essential and moving sequel to the original play. Tectonic theater project traveled to laramie, wyoming and con. The laramie project is a 2000 play by moises kaufman and members of the tectonic theater. The laramie project is one of the most frequently performed plays in america, as its messages still resonate with audiences today. The laramie project summary and study guide supersummary.
It was made into a film for hbo and has been seen by more than 30 million people across the country. The laramie project portrays the town of laramie, wyoming struggling with how the medias portrayal of matthew shepard s murder reflects or contradicts their own vision of their community. Ten years after the premiere of the laramie project, the creators of the play returned to wyoming to do additional interviews with the residents of laramie. Matthew shepards killer shows no remorse in the laramie. The laramie project is a critical play that addresses the brutal murder of openly gay teenager matthew shepard in the small town of laramie, wyoming, an incident that sparked national debate back in 1998.
The following recap of events is not to be read as part of the play. Directed by kaufman and leigh fondakowski, the production featured much of the original cast reprising their roles. This play, an epilogue to the laramie project, is edited from those interviews as well as journal entries by members of the company and other found text. The play won numerous awards and is one of the mostperformed pieces of theater in america today. Register and join the laramie project online community, where you can communicate with others, upload photos and videos, and write blogs. These texts became the basis for the play the laramie project. I was intrigued to learn how the town has changed since the brutal murder of matthew shepard in 1998. Moises kaufman, leigh fondakowski, greg pierotti, andy paris and stephen belber. The laramie project which focused on the murder as a hate crime. The laramie project study guide from litcharts the. Jun 06, 2012 moises kaufman and members of new yorks tectonic theater project went to laramie, wyoming after the murder of matthew shepard.
Ten years later was presented for the first time in rep with the laramie project at the bam harvey theater from february 1224, 20 as part of an event titled the laramie project cycle. By moises kaufman, tectonic theater project, leigh fondakowski, greg pierotti and andy paris. The laramie project and the laramie project ten years later. As the play opens, characters describe laramie as a friendly, normal place. Ten years after their initial visits, kaufman and the tectonics returned to laramie to find out how much the city and its residents had changed in the ensuing decade, the result of. Napa valley college pages napa valley college homepage. Ten years after their initial visits, kaufman and the tectonics returned to laramie to find out how much the city and its residents had changed in the ensuing decade, the result of which is the laramie project. The hate crime that was the brutal 1998 murder of 21yearold university of wyoming student matthew shepard brought playwright moises kaufman and fellow members of new yorks tectonic theater project to the town of laramie in search of answers. Anger, some progress and an insidious form of denial await the members of the tectonic theater project who return to document how the townsfolk have adapted in the laramie project.
Ten years later, after studying the original laramie project, when i was a freshman in college. The new yorkbased tectonic theater company, which wrote and produced the hit play the laramie project is offering an epilogue 10 years later. Ten years after was new to me, and i enjoyed it almost as much as the original. Ten years later, revisiting the murder of gay college student matthew shepard. Using those interviews, tectonic theater project wrote a second play, entitled the laramie project. Ten years later was presented for the first time in rep with the laramie project at the bam harvey. Apr 05, 2012 anger, some progress and an insidious form of denial await the members of the tectonic theater project who return to document how the townsfolk have adapted in the laramie project. Ten years later adds an essential sequel to the original work. Bryn mawr, with performances thursdayssaturdays at 7. When cody harvick found out he got a major role in the laramie county community colleges production of the laramie project. The creators of the highly acclaimed play the laramie project, which since 2000 has been one of the most performed plays in america, will premiere a compelling and groundbreaking epilogue to the original piece. Ten years later, the troupe revisits the town a decade after the tragedy, finding a community grappling with its legacy and its place in history.
The contrast between who the two murderers had become was striking, and the whole thing was one long lightbulb moment of oh, thats how my classmates all had such terrible opinions in 2006. The two plays together comprise an epic and deeply moving theatrical cycle that explores the life of an american town over the course a decade. Laramie project ten years later while the laramie project is presented in theaters and schools nationwide for its artistic and academic value, the play often attracts controversy that takes on a life of its own. Oct 12, 2009 ten years later, the matthew shepard story retold the 1999 play the laramie project explores the true story surrounding the death of matthew shepard, a young gay man who was beaten and left to. Tragic revelation that 10 years later, many people remembered the murder as. Aug 18, 2009 in october of 2008, ten years following the killing of matthew shepard, members of tectonic theater project returned to laramie to interview again the people who participated in the original. What was clear to me after reading the laramie project cycle, then seeing it. After rereading laramie project, then watching the laramie film, i forgot my plan to read something light to make me feel better and instead read ten years later. Theater director and not in our town leader barbara williams staged one of 150 performances of the premiere of the laramie project. The laramie project themes from litcharts the creators of. Since its premiere, the laramie project has become a modern classic and one of the mostperformed theater pieces in america. Now, in this expanded edition, the laramie project.
Laramie project support matthew shepard foundation. Sponsored by the hendrix players and the colleges project pericles civic engagement program, the reading is a compelling and groundbreaking epilogue to the original highly acclaimed play the laramie project, which since 2000 has. Ten years later, in the fall of 2008, company members moises. Ill let the art speak for itself and simply post a moment from the laramie project. Laramie, wyoming, ten years after the murder of matthew shepard and conducted interviews. Oct 07, 2009 a month after his murder, members of tectonic theater project traveled to laramie and conducted interviews with the people of the town, which were used to create the laramie project.
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