The Laramie project, by Moises Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theatre Project ; head writer, Leigh Fondakowski ; associate writers, Stephen Belber, Greg Pierotti, Stephen Wangh ; dramaturgs, Amanda Gronich [and others]
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The Laramie project, by Moises Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theatre Project ; head writer, Leigh Fondakowski ; associate writers, Stephen Belber, Greg Pierotti, Stephen Wangh ; dramaturgs, Amanda Gronich [and others]
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eng
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non fiction
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The Laramie project
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by Moises Kaufman and the members of Tectonic Theatre Project ; head writer, Leigh Fondakowski ; associate writers, Stephen Belber, Greg Pierotti, Stephen Wangh ; dramaturgs, Amanda Gronich [and others]
Summary
On October 7, 1998, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence in the hills outside Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in an act of hate that shocked the nation. Matthew Shepard<U+2019>s death became a national symbol of intolerance, but for the people of Laramie the event was deeply personal, and it<U+2019>s they we hear in this stunningly effective theater piece, a deeply complex portrait of a community
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adult
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