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The Laramie project / by Moisés Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theatre Project ; head writer, Leigh Fondakowski ; associate writers, Stephen Belber, Greg Pierotti, Stephen Wangh ; dramaturgs, Amanda Gronich ... [et al.].

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The Laramie project / by Moisés Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theatre Project ; head writer, Leigh Fondakowski ; associate writers, Stephen Belber, Greg Pierotti, Stephen Wangh ; dramaturgs, Amanda Gronich ... [et al.].
Author
Kaufman, Moisés
Publication
New York : Vintage Books, c2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Fondakowski, Leigh
  • Tectonic Theatre Project.
  • Tectonic Theater Project
Description
xiv, 110 p.; 21 cm.
Summary
  • "On October 7, 1998, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence in the hills outside Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in an act of brutality and hate that shocked the nation. Matthew Shepard's death became a national symbol of intolerance, but for the people of Laramie the event was deeply personal, and it is their voices we hear in this stunningly effective theater piece."
  • "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 conducted more than 200 interviews with people of the town. From these interviews as well as their own experiences, Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience.
  • The Laramie Project chronicles the life of the town of Laramie in the year after the murder, using eight actors to embody more than sixty different people in their own words - from rural ranchers to university professors. The result is a complex portrayal that dispels the simplistic media stereotypes and explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Shepard, Matthew, -1998 > Death and burial > Drama
  • Shepard, Matthew, 1976-1998 > Death and burial > Drama
  • Gay men > Crimes against > Drama
  • Trials (Murder) > Drama
  • Homophobia > Drama
  • Homicide > Drama
  • Crime Victims > Fictional Works
  • Homosexuality, Male > Fictional Works
  • Homicide > Fictional Works
  • Prejudice > Fictional Works
  • Laramie (Wyo.) > Drama
Genre/Form
  • Drama
  • Scripts (Documents).
  • Plays (Performed works).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0375727191
LCCN
^^2001026033
OCLC
  • 46576744
  • SCSB-12085409
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library