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The Laramie Project is a 2000 American play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project (specifically, Leigh Fondakowski, writer-director; Stephen Belber, Greg Pierotti, Barbara Pitts, Stephen Wangh, Amanda Gronich, Sara Lambert, John McAdams, Maude Mitchell, Andy Paris, and Kelli Simpkins) about the reaction to the 1998 ...
Learn about the play that uses interviews, news reports, and court transcripts to explore the murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student in Wyoming. Find out how the play was created, performed, and adapted into a film.
The Laramie Project is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Moisés Kaufman and starring Nestor Carbonell, Christina Ricci, Dylan Baker, Terry Kinney, and Lou Ann Wright. Based on the play of the same name, the film tells the story of the aftermath of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming.
The Laramie Project, drawn from 200 interviews conducted by Artistic Director Moisés Kaufman and members of his Tectonic Theater Project in the year following Shepard’s murder, is now routinely studied in schools as a method for teaching prejudice and tolerance.
Mar 9, 2002 · A film adaptation of the stage play that dramatizes the interviews of the citizens of Laramie, Wyoming, after the murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student. The film features Christina Ricci, Steve Buscemi, Laura Linney and others, and was nominated for four Primetime Emmys.
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- Crime, Drama, History
- Moisés Kaufman
- 2002-03-09
A documentary play based on interviews with residents of Laramie, Wyoming, after the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay student. The play explores the impact of the hate crime on the community, the media, and the nation.
Learn about the play that tells the stories of real people who lived in Laramie, Wyoming, after the murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998. Find resources, media, and support for productions of The Laramie Project and its epilogue.
