That's right ladies and gentlemen! We will be presenting (as our first full production) Moises Kaufman's THE LARAMIE PROJECT, directed by Brian Michael Peterson. The performance dates are set for October 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 29th and 30th, 2010 all shows at 8:00pm sharp!For those of you who are unfamiliar with this story, here is a brief synopsis:
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. 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. Kaufman and Tectonic Theater members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences. THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capableWe will be holding an open casting call on July 15th, 2010 from 1pm to 6pm and if you would like to sign-up for an audition time slot, please email your headshot and resume to: brickunderground@gmail.com and we will confirm a time slot for you.
As excited and thrilled theater artists, we are looking forward to be playing around with moment technique and bringing alive the story of the aftermath of Matthew Sheppard.
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