Since the trial, prosecutor Cal Rerucha has told several news outlets that a meth-induced rage, not homophobia, was to blame for the actions of Shepard’s killers: Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney. When it was first alleged that Shepard was targeted due to his sexual orientation, a firestorm of antigay activists, politicians and Laramie community members contended his death was in fact a drug deal gone wrong, or a bar fight taken too far. That's why it was so important for me to come back and do this.” “To have lived this whole journey, from Matthew Shepard being murdered in 1998, to then being in the full-length production and now ‘Ten Years Later,’ it's really touching my heart. “I remember back in 1998 when this happened,” said actress Laura Johnson. The upcoming staged reading is a raw take on the expanded edition, which returns to the original story with additional perspective.
THE LARAMIE PROJECT PLAY SCRIPT FOR HIGH SCHOOL TRIAL
The play’s script comprises more than 200 separate interviews of Laramie citizens - along with transcripts from the trial and local news clips - resulting in a strictly firsthand narrative. Hate Crimes Prevention Act passed in 2009, which extends hate crime protection to gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability.ĭowneaster Theatre performed the original “Laramie Project” in 2017. 6, 1998, was viciously beaten and left to die in Laramie, Wyoming, shares the namesake of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. 5 - A week from the 20th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death, the Downeaster Theatre is preparing its staged reading of “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later.”
There will be a post-show discussion related to LGBTQ+ hate crimes with the cast and Wiesen-Martin following both performances.FRIDAY, Oct. 10 is the 21st anniversary of Shepard's death, which ultimately led to the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. The production is also part of National Coming Out Day and month.
Eli Gallenberg of River Falls: Moises Kaufman, Jeffrey Lockwood, Rental Car Agent, Dennis Shepard, Father Roger, Glenn Silber, John Dorst, Chairman Childers. Claire Eckert of Clear Lake: Mercedes Herrero, Reggie Fluty, Desk Mate, girl, Nikki Elder, clerk. Abbey Graham of Spring Valley: Barbara Pitts-McAdams, Catherine Connolly, Grandma, Lucy Thompson, Friend #2, Ben, Judy Shepard, Deb Thomsen, Susan Swapp. Benjamin Brannon of New Brighton, Minn.: Andy Paris, Matt Michelson, Jedadiah Shultz, Jerry Parkinson, Gene Pratt, Jim, Russell Henderson, Peterson, student. Tyler Franklin of River Falls: Stephen Bilber, Cowboy, Dave O’Malley, Friend #1, George, Republican man, boy, desk mate. Jake Marvin of Burnsville, Minn.: Greg Pierotti, Jonas Slonacker, Rob DuBree, University Official, Aaron McKinney, Governor Freudenthal, Jim Osborn. Morgan Coleman (Superior): Amanda Gronich, Beth Loffreda, Marge Murray, 20/20 Narrator, Mom. Corrina Brose of Little Falls, Minn.: Kelli Simpkins, Leigh Fondakowski, Zackie Salmon, Jan Lundhurst, Romain Patterson, Clerk in WY Legislature, Boomerang Editor. Damon Swaser of Anoka, Minn., and Natalie Rodgers of Sun Prairie as narrators. on the 20th anniversary of his murder in 2018. Ten years after their initial visits and interviews, Kaufman and the Tectonics returned to Laramie to find out how much the city and its residents had changed in the ensuing decade after Matthew’s murder, the result of which was “The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later.” This staged reading of “The Laramie Project: 10 20 Years Later” will also include a new original prologue and epilogue created by Dean Yohnk which will include important texts from the ceremony when Matthew’s remains were interred in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. In their original script, Kaufman and Tectonic Theater members constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences in Laramie. The resulting 2000 award-winning play “The Laramie Project” tells the powerful story of Matthew who was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming because he was gay. The nation’s and world’s attention were focused on this highly publicized hate crime. The brutal 1998 hate crime murder of 21-year-old gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard brought playwright Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of New York’s Tectonic Theater Project to the town of Laramie in search of answers. in the Syse Black Box Theatre in the Kleinpell Fine Arts building. OctoA staged reading of “The Laramie Project: 10 20 Years Later,” directed by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Dean Yohnk will be performed October 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. 
University Theatre presents “The Laramie Project: 10 20 Years Later”
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