MoisÃ©s Kaufman,Tectonic Theater Project
For a year and a half following the murder of Matthew Shepard, MoisÃ©s Kaufman and his Tectonic Theater Projectâ€“whose previous play, ,Gross Indecency,, was hailed as a work of unsurpassed originalityâ€“conducted hundreds of interviews with the citizens of Laramie, Wyoming, to create this portrait of a town struggling with a horrific event.,The savage killing of Shepard, a young gay man, has become a national symbol of the struggle against intolerance. But for the people of Laramieâ€“both the friends of Matthew and those who hated him without knowing himâ€“the tragedy was personal. In a chorus of voices that brings to mind Thornton Wilderâ€™s ,Our Town, The Laramie Project, allows those most deeply affected to speak, and the result is a brilliantly moving theatrical creation.
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The Laramie Project