Final Exam Paper The Laramie Project Over spring break‚ I went home and saw The Laramie Project at my high school. Before seeing the play‚ I knew a brief overview of what had happened in Laramie‚ Wyoming‚ but did not know the details. I knew that Matthew Shepard was a gay‚ male‚ college student who was brutally murdered from a hate crime. When I first got to the auditorium‚ I could barely find my seat because the entire place was packed with people‚ and I knew it had been a sold out show.
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factory‚ car dealers‚ the University of Wyoming - reveals the town of Laramie‚ Wyoming‚ pop. 26‚687. As the town’s police sergeant says‚ "It’s a good place to live. Good people - lots of space. We’re one of the largest states in the country‚ and the least populated." Laramie residents take pride in being part of the "gem city of the plains‚" and appear to believe in the motto "Live and Let Live." What happens to a town like Laramie when something unexpected‚ unconscionable and unforgivable rips it
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1st Play Response on “The Laramie Project” The Laramie Project is a play / docudrama by Moises Kaufman and the member of the Tectonic Theatre Project. A film Laramie Project is based on a real life story of a young Matthew Shepard‚ a 21 year old was found tied to a fence where he was beaten and left for dead by two men‚ Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson on October 7‚ 1998. At the beginning scene they showed how beautiful and secluded the Laramie‚ WY with only 26687 people living there
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Linda Nguyen Mrs. Vale-Suarez Survey of Literature‚ Period 3 October 31‚ 2008 Extra Credit: The Laramie Project Lane Tech College Preparatory has chosen to do a play on The Laramie Project‚ a non-fiction story of discrimination upon homosexual and the hate crime of Matthew Shepard’s murder in 1998. The story takes place in Laramie‚ Wyoming‚ based on hundred of interviews afterward the murder‚ and re-enacts in chronology of the murder. It truly is a really serious and important subject to
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Alexandria Manouphath English 5 Professor Adam Sandel “The Laramie Project” In the play‚ “The Laramie Project” by Moises Kaufman he includes many testimonies from the towns people of Laramie‚ giving the audience a more accurate view of what led up to the murder of Matthew Shepard. Many of the townspeople gave similar accounts of what they thought and felt of the Matthew Shepard case‚ but there were also those who had other thoughts. From the gathering of witnesses and their testimonies
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much: Live and let live.” The murder of Matthew Shepard‚ a homosexual college student‚ stunned the isolated town of Laramie and started a national uprising against hate crimes. Moíses Kaufman explores the murder in depth and tires to uncover the motives for which this heinous crime was committed. Laramie was described through the interviews that were conducted by the Tectonic Theater Project as a community where everybody was familiar with each other‚ and minded their own business. For this reason‚ the
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Ignorance in Laramie‚ Wyoming Things don’t happen in a small town like Laramie‚ Wyoming‚ but when someone is beaten and left to die‚ the true colors of the residents come out. Some people in the town did not give a care in the world to him dying because he was gay and thought he should have died. Others thought it was down-right wrong‚ immoral‚ and a complete hate crime. Matthew chose to be gay‚ it was his right as a human being‚ and he was going to fight for that right. His fight for human rights
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The Laramie Project Critique On Sunday‚ September 26‚ I saw The Laramie Project written by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project‚ presented by the Missouri State Department of Theatre and Dance at the Balcony Theatre. This brilliant work is about Matthew Shepard‚ a 21 year-old student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie‚ Wyoming. This play is a reaction to the 1998 hate crime motivated by homophobia. The play was derived from hundreds of interviews
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desperation‚ and hatred penetrate the air of Laramie‚ as picket signs riddled with seething words of resent and pleas for acceptance a like overwhelm the streets. Uncompromising eyes meet the forlorn gaze of fear and love that try to convey the want for security and acceptance in a world that only offers silence as a solution. The chaos of social unrest‚ the clash between good intention and misguided ideals‚ the want for change is what the society of Laramie painted on the canvas of homosexuality after
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paper: May 20th (6 pages) Please make sure that you write about two different plays for your short and long paper. For both papers‚ you can choose one from the following topics: Topics for The Laramie Project: 1. There is a sign in the town Laramie: "Hate is not a Laramie value." Having read the play‚ do you agree with this claim? Use the play to support your argument. 2. One of the characters (Sherry Johnson) says: "A hate crime is a hate crime. If you murder somebody you
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