Event Details
STORY: 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. 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. Please join us on the 20th anniversary of this compelling and important event!
Tickets will be available one hour before the show at the venue or from Brown Paper Tickets at:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3560904 There is a service fee to purchase online.
Performances:
- Friday, November 2, at 8:00 pm
- Saturday, November 3, at 8:00 pm
- Sunday, November 4, at 2:00 pm (talkback after the show with special guest, Zeina Barkawi, producer of the documentary film: Matthew Shepard was a Friend of Mine);
- Thursday, November 8, at
7:00pm (director’s discussion at5:30pm and talkback aftershow ) - Friday, November 9, at 8:00 pm
- Saturday, November 10, at 2:00 pm (closing matinee)
