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Picture It Players is proud to announce our next production, The Laramie Project, coming this May to IF’s Basile Theater. The production, directed by Molly Bellner, will open May 15, and continue through May 18. Auditions will be March 23 at 2p, and March 24 at 6:30p at Greg’s Our Place, 231 E 16th Street. We are seeking a diverse group of 8 to 10 actors over age 21 to portray over 60 roles. Audition forms are available at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpQFGH_t_8DjkFZGuhVmHgn_ijvqNRVupwSTpAVMHuiSByhg/viewformIn October 1998 in the middle of a 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, 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 people, some directly related to the case and some regular citizens of Laramie. Out of these interviews, journal entries, and found texts, The Laramie Project was born. Hailed as one of the most captivating and encompassing pieces of contemporary theatre, the play shocks, challenges, and moves us as it reveals the lowest depths of hatred and the greatest heights of compassion that lies within all human beings.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Gregs Our Place, 231 E 16th St,Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
