2009–10 season > The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later
The Laramie Project:
10 Years Later
written by moisÉs kaufman, leigh fondakowski, greg pierotti, andy paris and stephen belber
directed by mina morita
staged reading | roda theatre
monday, october 12, 8pm
This performance is sold out!
the play
After setting box-office records with the West Coast premiere of The Laramie Project in 2001, Berkeley Rep presents a staged reading of The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later as part of the international debut of this new script. The epilogue, which will be performed in more than 100 cities around the world by high schools, universities and professional theatres, focuses on the long-term effects of the murder of Matthew Shepard on the Wyoming town where he lived—and on the nation as a whole. The play includes follow-up interviews with many of the show’s original subjects as well as comments from Matthew’s mother, Judy Shepard, and his murderer, Aaron McKinney.
Post-show discussion
Berkeley Rep literary manager and dramaturg Madeleine Oldham will moderate an onstage discussion with director Mina Morita and Greg Miraglia, a board member of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, after the reading.
the players
The ensemble for the reading includes respected local actors who worked with Berkeley Rep on The Laramie Project or other shows: James Asher, Kate Austin-Groen, James Carpenter, Matthew Chavez, Blake Ellis, Jeri Lynn Cohen, Alex Moggridge, Amy Resnick, Stacy Ross and Lynne Soffer.
Director Mina Morita is the Bret C. Harte Directing Fellow at Berkeley Rep.
Tectonic Theater Project (Moisés Kaufman, artistic director; Greg Reiner, executive director; Jeffrey LaHoste, managing director; Dominick Balletta, general manager) is an award-winning company whose plays have been performed around the world. Since 1992, TTP has produced innovative works that explore theatrical language and form, fostering an artistic dialogue with audiences on the social, political and human issues of the day. The company has developed and produced works for theater and film, including Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, The Laramie Project and I Am My Own Wife, winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for best play. For more information on the company, visit tectonictheaterproject.org.
the buzz
“The Laramie Project was one of the first shows we presented in the Roda Theatre. It was a bracing, provocative and profoundly moving play that provided insight and healing in the wake of a terrible murder. I have every expectation that Tectonic’s epilogue will provide meaningful commentary on our world a decade later. We are proud to be a part of debuting the new script.”—Tony Taccone, Berkeley Rep artistic director
“Tectonic Theater Project set out to find out how Laramie had changed in the 10 years since the murder of Matthew Shepard. When we arrived, we were forced to confront the question, ‘How do you measure change in a community?’ One of the things we found when we got there, which greatly surprised us, was people in Laramie saying this was not a hate crime.”—Moisés Kaufman, artistic director of Tectonic Theater Project
multimedia
The Tectonic Theater Project has created a Laramie Project website/virtual community for people to post videos, photos and thoughts concerning the epilogue. Artists and audience members alike are invited and encouraged to participate.
Also, visit Tectonic Theater Project’s YouTube channel.
tickets
- $8 for students
- $10 general admission
- $15 for reserved seating
Proceeds will be donated to the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
Tickets are available by phone at 510 647–2949 or in person at the Berkeley Rep box office: 2025 Addison St, Berkeley. Sorry, not available online.