In October 1998, a twenty-one-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. 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, while others were citizens of Laramie, and the breadth of the 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 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.
Videos
Gruesome Playground Injuries
The Davidson/Valentini Theatre (9/19 - 9/29)
PHOTOS
VIDEOS
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Cumbia at the Bowl!
Hollywood Bowl (9/22 - 9/22) | ||
The Civility of Albert Cashier
The Colony Theatre (8/31 - 9/22) NEW MUSICAL | ||
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long
Hollywood Bowl (9/21 - 9/21) | ||
Wangle Dangle
L.A. Hudson Backstage Theatre (10/5 - 10/19) COMEDY NEW COMEDY | ||
Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals with Orchestra
Hollywood Bowl (9/24 - 9/24) | ||
Mitski
Hollywood Bowl (9/28 - 9/28) | ||
Camilo
Hollywood Bowl (9/26 - 9/26) | ||
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Hollywood Bowl (9/18 - 9/18) | ||
The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA
Hollywood Bowl (9/20 - 9/20) | ||
Jane Austen in 89 Minutes by Syrie James
Theatre 40 at the Mary Levin Cutler Theatre (9/20 - 10/13) | ||
160 Years of Walking
Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre (10/5 - 10/27) | ||
Darryl Maximilian Robinson Notes 40th Anniversary As Sir Thomas More In Robert Bolt's 'A Man For All Seasons' At UMSL
The Excaliber Shakespeare Company Los Angeles Archival Project (10/1 - 11/30)
PHOTOS
VIDEOS
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The Body of Ciara Molloy: a Fallen Saints Tale
The Brickhouse Theatre (9/6 - 9/21) | ||
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
Costa Mesa Playhouse (9/14 - 10/6) | ||
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