Moises Kaufman and Stephen Belber To Be Featured On NY1's 'The New York Times Up Close' 10/3

Moisés Kaufman and Stephen Belber, two of the co-writers of THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 10 YEARS LATER and members of the Tectonic Theater Project, will be featured guests on this weekend's edition of "The New York Times Close Up" on NY1.

For the interview, Kaufman and Belber spoke to host Sam Roberts about returning to Laramie, WY where Matthew Shepard was brutally murdered in 1998 and creating the epilogue to the original groundbreaking play THE LARAMIE PROJECT.

"The New York Times Close Up" airs on NY1 (Time Warner Cable Channel 1) on Saturday at 10 PM and Sunday at 10 AM.

Tickets are on sale now for the New York one-night-only reading of THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 10 YEARS LATER, the compelling and groundbreaking epilogue to the play, THE LARAMIE PROJECT. The epilogue, which is written by Tectonic Theater Project members Moisés Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, Andy Paris and Stephen Belber, will be performed simultaneously in theatres across the globe on Monday, October 12 starting at 8 PM (EST).

In New York, THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 10 YEARS LATER will be directed by Moisés Kaufman and held at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall (1941 Broadway). Tickets can be purchased at www.LincolnCenter.org, by calling 800-721-6500.

The Lincoln Center premiere will feature a pre-show that will be webcast live to the other productions and include guest host Glenn Close, welcoming remarks by Judy Shepard and a post-production Q&A moderated by National Public Radio Arts and Culture correspondent Neda Ulabay.

Immediately after the global reading, theatres will be able to participate in a special talkback featuring a panel that will include creators, cast members, and other key individuals involved in THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 10 YEARS LATER. The talkback will be available via a special satellite hookup from Alice Tully Hall with participating theatres from around the country able to submit questions via Twitter. Additional details on how to submit questions during the talkback will be announced in the coming weeks.

Information about participating theatres, including, when available, local links to tickets can be found on local links via www.LaramieProject.org.

THE LARAMIE PROJECT: 10 YEARS LATER focuses on the long term effect of the murder of Matthew Shepard on the town of Laramie. It explores how the town has changed and how the murder continues to reverberate in the community. The play also includes new interviews with Matthew's mother Judy Shepard and Mathew's murderer Aaron McKinney, who's serving dual life sentences, as well as follow-up interviews with many of the individuals from the original piece.

In tandem with the premiere, an online interactive community will be launched where participants can blog, upload video and photos, and share their stories about the play, experiences in preparing and presenting the epilogue in their communities. The members of Tectonic Theater Project will be active participants in the online community, offering participants feedback and encouragement.

www.LaramieProject.org

Photo credit Peter James Zielinski

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