Rachel Chollett The Laramie Project Laramie‚ WY‚ is a modest town which became ignominious overnight in the fall of 1998‚ when Matthew Shepard‚ a gay college student‚ was found tied to a fence after being callously beaten and left to die‚ setting off a nationwide dispute about homophobia and hate crimes. My reaction to this moment in time initially is horror and shock that people did and do these unspeakable acts to their fellow human. However‚ I can also appreciate the many different views
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In Moises Kaufman’s‚ The Laramie Project the under lying theme of the novel is people are afraid of change. This can be proved from the novel with the character Cathy Connolly and the struggle that homosexuals have to live in there own society. The juxtaposition of anti-gay demonstrations sparked by religion at a homosexual’s funeral‚ and even the physical setting is related to why people are afraid of change. Whether it is start by homophobia‚ religion‚ or opression‚ people are not just afraid of
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exciting theatre. Through study of Moises Kaufman’s The Laramie Project and Paul Brown’s Aftershocks I have found that simply collecting and performing testimony will not make for exciting theatre. It is necessary that the structure of the testimony be manipulated in order to engage the audience. Both plays employ a range of dramatic techniques which help bring the characters and their stories to life. One technique used in The Laramie Project which helps add interest to the performance is that of
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Laramie Project Reaction Shortly after midnight on October 7‚ 1998‚ Matthew Shepard was in a local bar in Laramie‚ Wyoming. There‚ he met Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. According to McKinney‚ Matthew asked them for a ride home because it was getting late (90). Subsequently‚ Matthew was robbed‚ severely beaten‚ tied to a fence and left to die. The Laramie Project tells this story through interviews of the citizens of Laramie‚ news and medical reports‚ and flashbacks of specific moments. Those
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Although we may think blindness is something we’ve never encountered if you really analyze a situation any situation you will discover blindness. I can’t believe how blind women were in Vagina monologue and in The Laramie Project both disturbed me because I know people who could relate to both topics. Both are very close friend of mine. Starting off with Vagina Monologue the story that affected me the most was the situation with the girl who couldn’t speak English so she couldn’t tell her
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“The Laramie Project” is a play written by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project and first debuted in the Ricketson Theater in Denver‚ Colorado in 2000. “The Laramie Project” focuses on the after-math of the murder of 21-year-old‚ gay‚ Matthew Shepard‚ in Laramie‚ Wyoming. Two men‚ Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson‚ were driving Shepard home from the Fireside Bar when they robbed‚ brutally attacked‚ tortured‚ and left Shepard tied to a fence in a remote area around Laramie
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read in this dramatic literature class is The Laramie Project. The way the play was written was very interesting‚ by having different points of view of each person in the script. Taking peoples quotes from an interview of the incident is another creative way of implying literature to a controversial situation instead of one dialogue. It formalizes a broad understanding of the people around the victim of a hate crime and what people thought of it in Laramie Wyoming. Witnesses‚ sheriffs‚ doctors and a
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earn. In The Laramie Project‚ by Moisés Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project‚ Matthew Shepard‚ a homosexual college student was at a bar drinking and keeping to himself‚ when two other men Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson who were drunk approached the bar. They both made plans between each other to pretend to be gay and take Matthew Shepard somewhere and teach him a lesson; they attacked him‚ left him tied to a fence all bloodied .The author of The Laramie Project wanted this
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McKinney and Russell Henderson were physically responsible for the death of Matthew Shepard‚ the town of Laramie‚ and the U.S. by extension‚ was also to blame because of the subtle heteronormativity ingrained in American culture. Influential Religious Institutions‚ especially in small towns‚ enforces the concept of heteronormativity and emphasizes the dislike for difference. In‚ “The Laramie Project‚” Director‚ Moisés Kaufman shows the spectrum of religious standpoints against those who practice same-sex
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Theatre - The Laramie Project Verbatim theatre is a form of documentary theatre‚ it empowers marginalised groups and communities by staging their stories‚ enabling them to make their experiences visible whether it be local or global. Verbatim theatre explores a range of perspectives‚ and a variety of truths by scripting real life interviews of people from a story or incident Verbatim theatre offers a range of perspectives from different people‚ for example In the Laramie Project the play draws
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