Laramie Project theatre group comes to Mercyhurst April 24


from Mercyhurst Theatre Program


The Mercyhurst Theatre Program will present The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of Tectonic Theater Project on April 24.


Background: In October 1998 a 21-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. 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. Kaufman and Tectonic Theater members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences. 


The Laramie Project will be performed on April 24 at Mercyhurst University, Taylor Little Theatre, 501 E 38th St, Erie, PA 8 PM - 12:20 AM. Adult $10, Senior/Student/PC $7 Youth/MUStu w/ID - $5. Browse to www.mercyhurst.edu/.