The Laramie Project, written by Moisés Kaufman, is a compilation of interviews by The Tectonic Theater Project, news publications, and journal entries. After the brutal murder of Mathew Sheppard in 1998. Kaufman along with his theater troupe made six visits to Laramie, Wyoming, where the murder took place, to interview people about what happened and how they felt about the crime in their community. They interviewed about two hundred people, of which about sixty were included in the play. The play
The Laramie Project is a unique play because it is created by the combination of interviews done after the death of Matthew Shepard. While this format is not usually seen, in this production, it was successfully done and was a enjoyable play to watch. All of the acting, design and directing aspects for this production were properly handled and fit the purpose of the play. The acting for this play was successful in its goal. The actors were more than successful in making their characters seem credible
The Laramie Project Critique *No Works Cited The Laramie project captured the audience's attention by utilizing different design methods on stage. This included sound, stage and hand properties, light, and music. With an ensemble of 10 actors playing over 30 roles, this proved to be an amazing play to experience. The playwright was constructed in a clear manner, which eliminated the confusion of "who is who." Through the usage of the stage elements as well as the dynamics of each character
arts examples are The Laramie Project and Shakespeare as presented in the Secured Housing Unit (SHU) at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility (WVCF), a super-maximum security prison in the state of Indiana. These productions offer their creators and viewers alike, the opportunity to learn much about the attitudes and actions concerning how people relate to each other. They also offer an opportunity for people to understand themselves better, as well. The Laramie Project, developed by Moisés Kaufman
films or plays try to make audience laugh, others try to make them cry but the producers of The Laramie Project brings a lesson to us. The Laramie Project is a DocuDrama in which the film is a fictional drama based on true events. The Laramie Project was created by Moises Kaufman. The characters are distillations of about 200 people whom the theater company interviewed over a one-year period in Laramie, Wyoming. This movie centers on the small town of Laramie’s reaction to a murder of a 22 year old
The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project is a play unique in its reflection of a historic event and in its reception by the national audience. The play is a response to the murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay university student, so it is often censored and feared for its effects. In particular, the play encounters frequent opposition and censorship in American high schools as a result of the schools’ reluctance to challenge the prejudiced, societal beliefs
documentary dramas, The Laramie Project seeks to uncover the truth behind the vicious murder of teenager Matthew Shepard, the victim of a homosexual hate crime in October of 1998. Written by Moisés Kaufman and members of the New York based Tectonic Theater Project, this piece is made up of a series of moments rather than scenes, and told in a series of interviews with the people surrounding the case, be they doctors, policemen, or average citizens of the college town of Laramie, Wyoming. However, amidst
The Laramie Project, by Moises Kaufman, is centered on Laramie, Wyoming, and the social significance of Matthew Shepard's murder on October 6, 1998. A gay political science student at the University of Wyoming, Shepard is found bound to a fence after being brutally beaten unconscious. Five days later, he dies. The idea of The Laramie Project is to capture the emotions, reflections, and reactions of the people who were most closely related to this crime. Kaufman's objective is to learn through the
‘The Laramie Project’ is a play written by Moises Kaufman about the murder of University of Wyoming gay student Matthew Shepard. It was interesting to see the outrage that this caused. The murder of Shepard was considered a hate crime and I agree with this. I can see the hostility that this murder caused because of the amount of questions it left. The scary thing is that we live in a culture where hate crimes exist. This murder was a reminder to the country that being “different” is something that
were actually executing a plan to kidnap him and bring him to a desolate fence at which they would brutally beat and leave him alone to die in freezing weather. The Laramie Project, by Moises Kaufman, contains a series of interviews of various people from Laramie, Wyoming, discussing the tragic death of Matthew Shepard. The Laramie Project highlights how prejudices and misconceptions, specifically against homosexuality, can lead to tragedy. These tragedies, no matter how extreme, affect everyone surrounding
An Intelligent Design Makes The Laramie Project Shine A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of seeing the William and Mary Theater Department’s production of The Laramie Project, a play that tells the story of the murder of Mathew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, that took place in 1998 in Laramie, Wyoming. Over the course of the next year, members of the Tectonic Theatre project travelled to Laramie six times and conducted over 200 interviews with the people living there
recognized gay rights around the world. They are constantly looked down upon based on their sexual orientation. The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman is a play about the reaction to the 1998 murder of gay student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming. The play follows Moises Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project’s journey on their interviews in the town. The reactions in Laramie, Wyoming show that the people struggle with treating gays as equals in their community. This is shown through
The Laramie Project written by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of Tectonic Theater Project is a play about Matthew Shepard, a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming who was killed and tied up to a fence in Laramie, Wyoming during October 1998. Unlike most plays, this was written very differently, but the result was breathtaking. Besides reading this play, I have also been an actor in this show. This play has really affected me throughout the years, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading
of literature. This then sparks a debate of which was better. With a younger audience, most people tend to choose the movie, however, more literate people always chose the book. The Laramie Project written by Moises Kaufman is a play based off of interviews with people who experienced the devastating event in Laramie, Wyoming. A young man was beaten within an inch of death and then left to die because he was gay. The play includes interviews from a large group of locals, which provides many unique
cases, death Although many cases as such have occurred, the realistic theatrical portrayal of Matthew Shepard in The Laramie Project, Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine, and From Hate Crimes to Human Rights: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard, display evidence and an oath to Matthew and his life. In the late twentieth century play, The Laramie Project, Moises Kaufman went to the town of Laramie to discover why the death of Matthew Shepard occurred. On October 6th, 1998, Matthew Shepard went into a bar and met
Laramie project is very sensitive and crucial issue which was wisely broad up in the form of a docudrama in front of the community. The story of Matthew Shepard's highlighted many issues like hate crime, gay/lesbian relationship and personal identity which are still considered as tactful for many peoples. This play also described the role of media, police and an individual in the entire process and shows the influence of this incidence on a person's life. Most of the time when hate crime happen
Introduction: The Laramie Project considerably contributes to the national dialogue” on the issue of hate and hate crimes against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community (LGBTQ). “The Laramie Project is a gripping tour through the actual spoken words of Laramie people drawn from hundreds of hours of interviews to show the outrage, the sense of being unfairly singled out, the quiet hope for change among gay and lesbian residents and the sometimes callous behavior
separation, and that the spectator should learn from the actor rather than relate to him. Two contemporary plays that have been written in the last thirty years which examine and work with Brechtian ideals are ‘Fanshen’ by David Hare, and ‘The Laramie Project’ by Moises Kaufman. The question to be examined is whether either of these two plays are entirely successful in achieving what was later called, ‘The Alienation Effect”. Over the course of his career, Brecht developed the criteria for and conditions
Introduction: Matthew Shepard was a college student who was very open about gay rights. On October 6, 1998 in Laramie,Wyoming, Shepard was found beaten and hung on a fence, to which you could have mistaken him as a scarecrow. A cyclist found him and took Shepard to the nearest hospital. Sadly Shepard was confirmed dead just a few hours later by the doctors. The story was publicized and many people began to show their support for Shepard, such as many Gay rights activist, Celebrities, Even local
In October of 1998, Aaron Kreifels, a young man, resident of Laramie, Wyoming discovered Matthew Shepard's limp body bound to a fence. From a distance Kreifels mistook Shepard's slender frame for a “scarecrow”, and was horrified to find otherwise (Kaufman). Matthew Shepard, a twenty-one year old University of Wyoming student, had been beaten until he was no longer recognizable, and while still technically alive he was rushed into urgent care. He died, after slipping into a coma, six days later (Kaufman)