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The Laramie Project

Where
New Theatre
New Theatre
542 King Street, Newtown NSW 2000
When

Mondays to Saturdays, 7:30pm to 10pm Sundays, 2pm to 4:30pm Tuesday 7 October to Friday 31 October Saturday 1 November from 2pm to 4:30pm Except Monday 13 October, Tuesday 14 October, Wednesday 15 October, Monday 20 October, Tuesday 21 October, Wednesday 22 October, Monday 27 October, Tuesday 28 October and Wednesday 29 October

Cost

Adult: $37.00Concession: $32.00

“We need to own this crime … We are like this. We ARE like this.”

In 1998, in the tight-knit town of Laramie, Wyoming, a young gay man named Matthew Shepard was the victim of a homophobic hate crime.

In the wake of the national media frenzy that followed, ten members of the New York-based Tectonic Theater Project visited Laramie on six separate occasions over two years, in an attempt to find out what happened and why.

They conducted more than 200 interviews with members of the community, creating a chronicle of a town’s trauma. The play that Kaufman crafted from those transcripts has been hailed as one of the most impactful works of theatre ever produced.

A ensemble cast portray more than 60 characters in this shattering depiction of a profoundly moving modern tragedy.

“A pioneering work of theatrical reportage and a powerful stage event.” Time Magazine

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