Pre Show Panel September 6th
Register for a pre show conversation with our founder Rebecca Lawrence, sustaining donor and long time Matthew Shepard Foundation board member John Sullivan, and others for a Q&A on September 6th at 6:30pm. This conversation is part of the Northern Starz production of the Laramie Project. Free community event to learn more about our own stories, how Matt's life and death affected our lives, and what art can do for our healing.
White Bear Center for the Arts is hosting this production. Thanks to Kolie for the invitation to be part of carrying this history forward. https://whitebeararts.org/inspire_events/gs58-the-laramie-project-qa/
The Laramie Project is a play by Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Project in response to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man, in Laramie, Wyoming. Kaufman and the other company members visited Laramie on six occasions and interviewed residents, members of the police force, and Matthew’s friends, in an attempt to understand what happened, and why.
Get your tickets to The Laramie Project: A Traveling Production
Join Telling Queer History for a post show discussion on September 30th.
Student directed play festival by Northern Starz: Northern Starz Center for the Performing Arts is proud to bring “The Laramie Project” to our main stage, along with Elison Playhouse in Crystal, and White Bear Center for the Arts in White Bear Lake. This is a 5 month educational series for their high school students. It is being produced to help educate the community on LGBTQ+ history, rights, and where we are going as a nation.
Highlights from the student cast includes; Queer/Bi-Poc presentations (on display at each production location), education around the StoneWall Uprising with regards to the history of pride, and the fight for rights since the 60’s with the continuous struggle for the right to exist safely in todays world.
The Laramie Project is a play by Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Project in response to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man, in Laramie, Wyoming. Kaufman and the other company members visited Laramie on six occasions and interviewed residents, members of the police force, and Matthew’s friends, in an attempt to understand what happened, and why. They were also interested in the possibility that theatre, more than any other medium, would allow people to engage with and reflect on the issues brought to public attention by Matthew’s murder, such as homophobia, hatred, intolerance, and fear.
