Selah Theatre Project presents “The Laramie Project”

FRONT ROYAL – Selah Theatre Project opens its 2017 season with Moises Kauffman and the Tectonic Theatre Project’s deeply affecting drama, THE LARAMIE PROJECT.

THE LARAMIE PROJECT runs September 29, 30 and October 6, 7 at 7pm at Selah Theatre Project (30 E. 8th Street, Front Royal, VA), and Sundays, October 1 and October 8 @3:00pm at the Hideaway Café (200 N. Braddock Street Winchester, VA).

About THE LARAMIE PROJECT

“In October 1998, a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised, and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay.

Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of a year and a half, 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. Some people interviewed were directly connected to the case, while others were citizens of Laramie, and the breadth of the reactions to the crime is fascinating. Kaufman and Tectonic Theater members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences in Laramie.

THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a breathtaking collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.”
(Information Source – http://www.dramatists.com/)

About Selah Theatre Project’s Production

THE LARAMIE PROJECT is directed by La Tasha Do’zia-Earley, founding artistic director of Selah Theatre Project, and features teen and adult actors from Front Royal, Warren County and Winchester.

“THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a challenging show, both because the content is intense and because 10 actors are playing more than 50 roles. It is such a moving piece because it examines a horrific crime from the many perspectives of the real people of Laramie, Wyoming.” Says D’ozia-Earley.

• WHAT: THE LARAMIE PROJECT by Moises Kauffman and the Tectonic Theatre Project
• WHERE: (Fridays and Saturdays) Selah Theatre Project 30 E. 8th Street Front Royal, VA | (Sundays) The Hideaway Café 200 N. Braddock Street Winchester, VA
• PERFORMANCES: September 29, 30 and October 6, 7 – 7PM At Selah Theatre Project | October 1, 8 – 3PM At Hideaway Cafe
• TICKETS: General Admission: $12 online/$15 at the door | Students/Seniors: $8 online/$10 at the door
• BOX OFFICE: 540-686.5185 | info@selahtheatreproject.org
• WEB ADDRESS: http://www.selahtheatreproject.org