THE LARAMIE PROJECT CYCLE

Production photos from Waukee Theatre Arts' Fall 2018 production of The Laramie Project. A staged reading of The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later was presented the following week with an audience talkback.

These productions were presented on the 20th anniversary of Matthew Shepard's death.

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In October of 2018, on the 20th anniversary of the events that inspired the production, Waukee High School Theatre Arts will present THE LARAMIE PROJECT and its epilogue play, THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER.

THE LARAMIE PROJECT focuses on the town of Laramie, Wyoming before Matthew Shepard’s murder and the aftermath that followed. Matthew Shepard was a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming who was kidnapped, beaten, and tied to a fence post because he was gay. The play does not depict the brutal beating and murder of Matthew Shepard, but instead focuses on how the town reacts in the wake of this tragedy. During this time, Moisés Kaufman and Members of Tectonic Theater Project travelled to the town of Laramie six times and conducted more than 200 interviews over the course of a year-and-a-half. The play was constructed from those interviews and is a reflection of the breadth of reactions to the crime by the citizens of the town.

THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER is an epilogue play to THE LARAMIE PROJECT. Ten years after the murder of Matthew Shepard, Moisés Kaufman and Members of Tectonic Theater Project returned to Laramie, Wyoming to see how the town has changed as a result of this incident. The play explores how an American town struggles to reconstruct its definition and define its place in history.

Performances for THE LARAMIE PROJECT will take place Thursday, October 4th and Friday October 5th at 7:00pm at the Waukee Theatre Arts Center, with an additional matinee performance on Sunday, October 7th at 2:00pm. THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER will be presented as a Staged Reading, One Night Only on Friday, October 12th at 7:00pm in the Waukee High School Auditorium. Following each performance of THE LARAMIE PROJECT and THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER, a community talkback will be orchestrated by the company of actors. Tickets for both productions can be purchased online for $7 at SeatYourself.biz/WaukeeTheatreArts.

THE LARAMIE PROJECT and THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER are presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

THE LARAMIE PROJECT

October 4 & 5 at 7:00pm and October 7 at 2:00pm

Waukee Theatre Arts Center (Prairieview School)

575 SE University Ave, Waukee, IA 50263

THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER

October 12 at 7:00pm

Waukee High School Auditorium

555 SE University Ave, Waukee, IA 50263

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