Talent Needed for "The Laramie Project" Show

The company is holding auditions for "The Laramie Project "and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: In October 1998, in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming, Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming, was tied to a fence post, severely beaten, robbed, tortured, and left alone to die. His body - battered, bloody, and barely clinging to life - was discovered eighteen hours later. He was rushed to the hospital and put on life support. He died five days later. The reason for this brutal crime? Matthew Shepard was gay. The hate crime attracted vast attention worldwide, bringing sexual discrimination and violence to the forefront of public discourse. The Tectonic Theater Project, led by their founder, Moisés Kaufman, traveled to Laramie in the aftermath of the murder with the intent of creating a theatrical portrait of a town coming to grips with horrible, hate-fueled violence. Over the course of a year and a half, the group interviewed over 200 subjects, some directly related to the case and some regular citizens of Laramie. The Laramie Project was born from these interviews, journal entries, and found texts. Hailed as one of the most captivating and encompassing pieces of contemporary theatre, the play shocks, challenges, and moves all who watch it as it reveals the lowest depths of hatred and most incredible heights of compassion that lie within all human beings in any seemingly average community. Additional info: Performance dates: Friday, June 6 at 7:30 pm Saturday, June 7 at 2 pm & 7:30 pm Auditions will consist of readings from the script.