THE LARAMIE PROJECT by Moisés Kaufmann and the Techtonic Theatre Project, Southwestern University, September 25 - 29, 2013

(Southwestern University, 1001 E. University Blvd, Georgetown)

presents

The Laramie Project

by Moisés Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theater Project

September 25-29, 2013

7:30pm | Wed., Thurs., Fri. & Sat.
3pm | Sun.
Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Theater

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The Laramie Project chronicles how the town of Laramie, Wyoming, comes to grips with the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming.

In October 1998, Matthew Shepard was savagely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence outside of Laramie. The murder focused the nation’s attention on the lack of hate crime laws. A month after the murder, Moisés Kaufman and members of Tectonic Theater Project conducted hundreds of interviews with residents of Laramie. They combined these interviews, their own reactions, and media reports into a moving theatre piece in which the company portrays over sixty characters. (For mature audiences.)

The film of this play opened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002 and was nominated for 4 Emmys.

“Nothing short of stunning. Not to be missed.” – New York Magazine

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Upcoming: The Laramie Project Epilogue: 10 Years Later, Zach Scott Theatre, October 12

Received directly:

Zach Theatre presents the Austin staging of

The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, Epilogue

premiering in more than 100 cities on October 12, 2009

Cast for the event in Austin: Janelle Buchanan, Martin Burke,Harvey Guion, Jenny Larson, Meredith McCall, Sarah Richardson, Zach Thompson, Jaston Williams

There will be a live video feed from the Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. The evening will feature a pre-show that will be webcast live to the more than 150 other theatres across the country that are also presenting the epilogue. Guest host is Glenn Close, welcoming remarks are by Judy Shepard and a post-production Q and A will be moderated by National Public Radio Arts and Culture correspondent Neda Ulabay.

The creators of the highly acclaimed play The Laramie Project, which since 2000 has been one of the most performed plays in America, will premiere a compelling and groundbreaking epilogue to the original piece. Entitled The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, Epilogue, the play will be performed in New York at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, and in more than 100 other theaters in all fifty states, Canada, Great Britain, Spain, Hong Kong and Australia on October 12, 2009. The writers of this play are Tectonic Theater Project members Moisés Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, Andy Paris, and Stephen Belber.

ZACH Theatre, which produced the Austin premiere of The Laramie Project in 2002, will represent Austin in this national theatre project by staging The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later on its Kleberg Stage on Oct. 12, 2009. Tickets are $20, with all proceeds benefiting the Austin non-profit GLBT organization Out Youth. The performance starts at 7 pm. Seating is limited to this one night only event. Tickets are now available by phone or web: (512) 476-0541, x1 or http://www.zachtheatre.org .

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