The Williston Northampton School will present The Laramie Project on April 25-27 and May 2-4. Purchase tickets for the production on Tixato.
About the production:
In October, 1998 a 21-year-old University of Wyoming student named Matthew Shepard was kidnapped, brutally beaten, tied to a fence on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming, and left to die. Mr. Shepard was the victim of a hate crime that would soon become the focus of the entire nation—he was killed because he was gay.
Four weeks later, members of the Tectonic Theater Project took what would be the first of six visits to Laramie. During the aftermath of Mr. Shepard’s murder and the arrest and trial of the perpetrators, members of Tectonic conducted over 200 interviews with the citizens of the town. The Laramie Project is what resulted from those interviews.
The play is a gripping theatrical collage that explores the depth of the human spirit. It does not provide its audience with easy answers; rather it forces us to ask the most challenging questions about who we are, what we believe in, and what kind of world we want to live in.
Special Events:
April 25, 27 and May 2-4 at 7pm.
Please join us after these performances for talks with the cast, crew, and local LGBT scholars and activists. Extra tickets are not needed for these events.
April 26 at 7:30
Please join us at 6:15 for a pre-show talk and book signing* with author and activist Lesléa Newman. A member of the Matthew Shepard Foundation’s Speaker’s Bureau, Newman is the author of over 60 books for adults, teens, and children. Her book Heather Has Two Mommies was the first for children depicting a positive image of a lesbian family. She will be reading from October Mourning, her book of poetry in response to the murder of Matthew Shepard.
*Free tickets are needed for this event. Please note that if you are planning on staying for the show afterwards you need to order tickets separately.
Tickets and Information:
April 26 at 7:30 pm
April 25, 27 at 7 pm
May 2-4 at 7 pm
The Williston Theatre
18 Payson Avenue
Easthampton
Tickets $7 students/seniors and $10 adults.
Due to mature subject matter, The Laramie Project is recommended for audience members 13 years or older.
The Laramie Project is by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theater Project. The Williston production is directed by Emily B. Ditkovski. Produced by special arrangement with Dramatist Play Service.