Rehearsals
start April 19th;
Show runs June 6
- 29,
2008
Director: TBA
Call
Casting at 759-6037
for more information
and audition
appointment
times!
DIRECTIONS
TO THE WESTERN STAGE
TITLE: |
The
Laramie Project |
AUTHOR(S): |
Moises
Kaufman and The Members
of the Tectonic Theatre
Project |
TYPE: |
A
drama in three acts |
SYNOPSIS: |
In
Laramie, Wyoming, on
October 7, 1998 Matthew
Shepard, a young, gay
man, was brutally murdered.
Four weeks later, Moises
Kaufman and members
of the TectonicTheatre
Project traveled to
Laramie to interview
the townspeople. The
result is a stunning
play which reveals the
complex depths and heights
of human behavior. Kaufman: “The
experience of working
on The Laramie Project
has been one of great
sadness, great beauty,
and, perhaps most important,
great revelations – about
our nation, about our
ideas, about ourselves.” |
CHARACTERS: |
NAME:
|
AGE
RANGE: |
Note:
This production
will use
a large
ensemble
of actors. |
|
|
NAME:
Members of The
TectonicTheatre
Project |
AGE
RANGE: |
Stephen
Belber,
Leigh Fondakowski,
Amanda Gronich,
Moises Kaufman,
Andy Paris,
Greg Pierotti,
Barbara
Pitts |
various |
|
NAME:
Laramie Law
Enforcement
and Legal
System |
AGE
RANGE: |
Bailiff,
Detective
Sergeant
Rob DeBree,
Policewoman
Reggie Fluty,
Detective
Sergeant
Hing, Prosecuting
Attorney
Cal Rerucha,
Two Judges,
Jurors,
and Foreperson |
various |
|
NAME:
University Community |
AGE
RANGE: |
Catherine
Connolly,
out lesbian
professor;
Philip Dubois,
President
of University
of Wyoming;
Matt Galloway,
student
and bartender;
Rebecca
Hilliker,
head of
the theater
department;
Sherry Johnson,
administrative
assistant;
Aaron Kreifels,
university
student;
Jon Peacock,
Matthew’s
academic
advisor;
Zackie Salmon,
administrator;
Jedadiah
Schulz,
student;
April Silva,
student. |
various |
|
NAME:
Religious
Figures |
AGE
RANGE: |
Baptist
minister;
Babtist
minister’s
wife; Stephen
Mead Johnson,
Unitarian
minister;
Doug Laws,
Stake Ecclesiastical
leader for
the Mormon
Church;
Mormon home
teacher
to Russell
Henderson;
Reverend
Fred Phelps,
Minister;
Priest at
the funeral;
Father Roger
Schmit. |
various |
|
NAME: Perpetrators |
AGE RANGE: |
| Russell
Henderson, Aaron McKinney |
21 |
| |
| NAME: Residents
of Laramie and Surrounding
Area |
AGE RANGE: |
| Murdock
Cooper, rancher; Kerry
Drake, Casper Star-Tribune
reporter; Tiffany Edwards,
local reporter; Gil and
Eileen Engen, ranchers;
Andrew Gomez; Jeffrey
Lockwood; Alison Mears,
social services volunteer;
Matt Mickelson, owner
of the local bar; Conrad
Miller, car mechanic;
Marge Murray, Reggie Fluty's
mother; Doc O’Connor,
limousine driver; Romaine
Patterson, lesbian; Shadow,
D. J. at the local bar;
Jonas Slonaker, gay man;
Trish Steger, Romaine
Patterson’s
sister; Zubaida Ula, Muslim
woman; Waitress (“Debbie
Reynolds”);
Harry Woods, gay man. |
various |
| |
| NAME: Friends,
Family, and Acquaintances
of the Perpetrators |
AGE RANGE: |
| Sherry
Aanenson, Russell’s
landlady; Anonymous, Aaron’s
friend; Jen, Aaron’s
friend; Bill McKinney,
Aaron’s
father; Kristin Price,
Aaron’s
girlfriend and mother
of his son; Shannon, Aaron’s
friend; Lucy Thompson,
Russell’s
grandmother. |
various |
| |
| NAME: Others |
AGE RANGE: |
| Governor
of Wyoming, Jim Geringer;
Phil Labrie, Matthew’s
friend; Media and newspaper
people; Narrator; Dennis
Shepard, Matthew’s
father; Rulon Stacey,
hospital CEO in Fort Collins. |
various |
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