The Laramie Project
FRI
8
Nov
to
SUN
10
Nov
As part of Greater Shepparton's OUTintheOPEN Festival, we're proudly supporting the Shepparton Theatre Arts Group's performance of The Laramie Project.
Book Tickets
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, USA.
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.
Moisés 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.
PERFORMANCE DATES AND TIMES
- Friday 8 November Evening Performance 7.30pm
- Saturday 9 November Matinée Performance 2pm
- Saturday 9 November Evening Performance 7.30pm
- Sunday 10 November Matinée Performance 2pm
TICKET PRICE: All tickets $30.
The Bakehouse Black Box is an accessible venue.