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This October marks the 25th year since the murder of Matthew Shepard, a heinous event that changed America. Theatre Suburbia is honored to present 'The Laramie Project' to commemorate his memory during this significant anniversary.
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.
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Black Boys Cry
The Deluxe Theatre (4/26 - 4/28)
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Three short plays: Cuanto vale una heladera by Claudia Piñeiro, Mesa de saldos by Claudio Regis & Verona by Claudia Piñeiro
Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston (5/2 - 5/5) | ||
CLEANSED
The Catastrophic Theatre (4/5 - 4/27)
PHOTOS
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The Lion King
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (7/11 - 8/4) | ||
The Music Man Jr
National Youth Theater (4/26 - 4/28) | ||
Charlotte's Web The Musical
National Youth Theater (5/3 - 5/5) | ||
Girl From the North Country
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (4/30 - 5/5) | ||
The Music Man Jr
National Youth Theater (4/26 - 4/28) | ||
Bloomsday
Theatre Southwest (4/12 - 4/27) | ||
Chicago
Grand 1894 Opera House (4/28 - 4/28) | ||
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