Recall Matthew’s story in the name of love and education and teaching others the stories of under-reported hate crimes, and give a loving and active tribute to those we have lost to violence.Unite and catalyze worldwide productions and readings of the acclaimed Tectonic Theater Project play to honor hate crime victims.Our LPP Family is constituted of high schools (Thespian troupes and Gay-Straight Alliances), colleges and universities, professional and regional theatres, and community advocacy/religious groups. This is an injustice that harms the potentials of LGBTQ+ lives.īy performing Laramie, a theatre piece about an Anytown USA, we remind audiences that its up to all of us to call out hateful behavior and accept others.Īs of the new year 2018, we connect 66 LPP events from 23 states and 3 other countries. This terrible 2016 tragedy made clear that no matter the level of "outness" an LGBTQ+ person has, or the history of the safe space they insert themselves into, there is no such thing as guaranteed safety for the members queer community. The LPP began with a mission to unite 49 Laramies in honor of the 49 victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. The LPP utilizes Matthew's story in the name of love and education, raising awareness about the persisting hate crimes that ravage minority communities. The play we are promoting, The Laramie Project, uses found texts and interviews to chronicle the response of the Wyoming university town after the 1998 hate crime and murder of Matthew Shepard, a young advocate and gay college student. Call 529-4162 for more information.The LPP unites and catalyzes worldwide productions and readings of the acclaimed Tectonic Theater Project play to honor victims of hate crimes. Tickets will be available in advance for $3 or at the door for $5. What have we learned from the events of the past? Are we a more or less tolerant school and community than we were ten years ago? The result of that effort is the script, "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later." The LHS Barnstormers are proud to produce this script in an attempt to once again open up a dialogue about issues of perpetual concern to all of us. Their purpose? To gaze into the eyes of a community and see what, if any, lasting changes had taken place. Ten years after this heinous crime, the producers of the original production ventured back to Laramie on the anniversary of Matthew's murder. In short, this production was moving, eye-opening, and heart wrenching. The LHS Barnstormers produced it as a means of opening up a dialogue about violence, hatred, intolerance and acceptance. In 2003 the Lakewood High School Barnstormers Drama Club produced the thought-provoking play, "The Laramie Project." This play was written as a look at the impact the violent and brutal murder of a gay University of Wyoming student, Matthew Shepard, had on an entire community.
The LHS Barnstormers will stage, "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later," Janury 26-28 at 8 p.m.
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