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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Jelly's Last Jam
Pasadena Playhouse (5/29 - 6/23) | |
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Change The Game
McCadden (6/9 - 6/16) NEW MUSICAL
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Juneteenth Celebration: T-Pain Plus Special Guests
Hollywood Bowl (6/19 - 6/19) | |
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SO MY DAD F*CKED THE NANNY
Thymele Arts, Kansas Room (6/20 - 6/30) | |
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Revenge of the Space Pandas
Banzerini House (6/26 - 6/30) COMEDY | |
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Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life
Hollywood Bowl (6/29 - 6/29) | |
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space exploration because SPACE EXPLORATION because sPaCe eXpLoRaTiOn!!!
Madnani Theater (6/10 - 6/30)
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Opening Night at the Bowl: Henry Mancini 100th Celebration
Hollywood Bowl (6/23 - 6/23) | |
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THE WOLVES
Eastwood Performing Arts Center (6/9 - 6/30) | |
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Ballet Hispánico’s Doña Perón
The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (7/12 - 7/12) | |
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Real Women Have Curves
Phantom Projects Theatre at La Habra Depot (10/4 - 10/13) | |
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The Orphan's Revenge (or Abandoned at Cooper's Cross)
The Group Rep at the Lonny Chapman Theatre (10/4 - 11/10) | |
I Love Sorority Rush
Broadwater Theater (6/15 - 6/28) | ||
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