By Moises Kaufman & Members of the Tectonic Theater Company

Performed at Soulstice Theatre

October 11 - 26, 2013

Directed by Mark E. Schuster

In October 1998, a twenty-one year old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left to die, 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.  Moises 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, and others were citizens of Laramie, and the breadth of their 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.  THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.  

CAST

in order of appearance

Paul Pfannenstiel

Donna L. Lobacz

Marty L. McNamee

Kath Vandenberg

Nathanael Press

Kristin Johnson

Danielle Levings

Roger Rivas

Kevin J. Gadzalinski

Rachael McLafferty

PRODUCTION STAFF

Scenic Design - Mark E. Schuster

Stage Manager/Rehearsal Prompter - Jacob Dougherty

Projections - Kevin J. Gadzalinski

Box Office Manager - Kofi Short

Sound Cue Programming/Technical Assistance - David B. Carter

Construction Crew - Mike Grover, Patrick Schuster, Mark E. Schuster

Production Photography - Sara Risley

REVIEWS & PRESS

Theatrical Tendencies to stage "The Laramie Project"

- Russ Bickerstaff, Curtains/Shepherd Express, July 31, 2013

Theatrical Tendencies opens with "The Laramie Project"

-Russ Bickerstaff, Curtains/Shepherd Express, September 27, 2013

Theatrical Tendencies returns to "Laramie", 15 years after

- Matthew Reddin, Urban Milwaukee Dial, October 9, 2013