GCC Presents The Laramie Project in November
October 30, 2008
Contacts:
Suzanne Higgins
suzanne.higgins@gcmail.maricopa.edu 623.845.3808
Patricia Rhodes Vogel
pr.vogel@gcmail.maricopa.edu 623.845.3014
In observance of the tenth anniversary of the murder of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming, a fascinating and poignant play, The Laramie Project, will be performed at Glendale Community College six times in November. On November 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22 the play is at 7:30 p.m. in the GCC Performing Arts Center, located at 59th and Vogel Avenues in Glendale. The November 16 performance is at 2 p.m. in the same location. Adult general admission tickets are $8. Students, GCC employees or seniors 55+ can all buy tickets for $5 with the appropriate ID.
In October 1998, a 21 year old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay.
Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of New York's Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of 18 months in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the two young men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town, whose varying reactions to the crime are fascinating. Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater members constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences.
The Laramie Project
is a breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.
For more information about this stunning theatrical event, contact the play's director, David Seitz, at david.seitz@gcmail.maricopa.edu or at 623.845.3385.
The GCC box office can be reached between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, at 623.845.3720.
