To create the stage version of the laramie project, the eightmember. That is to say, envision if more individuals remained in communities however its more difficult than one might expect, of course. Editor of the daily laramie boomerang, local laramie newspaper governor freudenthal. You and the straight people of laramie and wyoming are guilty of the beating of matthew shepard just as the germans who looked the other way are guilty of the deaths of.
The quote by jonas slonaker, a middleaged gay man who lived in laramie, on page 59 reads. Schmit fence fireside fred phelps friend of aaron gonna greg pierotti guilty guys happened hear us lord jedadiah schultz jon peacock jonas slonaker juror kelli simpkins kerry drake kids laramie project leigh fondakowski lesbian live marge murray matt galloway matt mickelson. The character of jonas slonaker in the laramie project from. Also in act i the playwright introduces the clergy of laramie. If your reading is receiving our broadcast live from new york, we will give this background information in our opening speeches at alice tully hall. The search for a personal acting method via the principles of constantin stanislavksi. Jonas is horrified by matthew shepards murder and he believes that it reveals. Catherine connolly dennis shepard page 1 dennis shepard page 2 doc oconnor jedediah schultz matt galloway romaine patterson sherry. Sep 21, 2012 open book collaborative will be holding auditions for a staged reading of the laramie project. Schmit fence fireside fred phelps friend of aaron gonna greg pierotti guilty guys happened hear us lord jedadiah schultz jon peacock jonas slonaker juror kelli simpkins kerry drake kids laramie project leigh fondakowski lesbian live marge murray matt galloway matt mickelson matthew shepard mean.
Its like jonas slonaker having to explain that hes gay and still voluntarily lives in laramie. The laramie project analyzes the death of matthew shepard, an openly gay college student who was brutally murdered in laramie. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Citizens catherine connolly, jonas slonaker, and romaine patterson all relate their own stories about being gay in wyoming and oconnor rejoices in his knowledge of wyoming queers. The laramie project summary and study guide supersummary. During the yearandahalf development of the play, members of the company and i traveled to laramie six times to conduct interviews with the people of the town. The laramie project is a 2000 play by moises kaufman and members of the tectonic theater project specifically, leigh fondakowski, writerdirector. Laramie residents wish to think that this act is an aberration, something out of the ordinary. On a cold night in october, he was robbed, tied to a. The laramie project is a documentarystyle play created by the venezuelan playwright moises kaufman and members of the tectonic theater project, an experimental company whose work has often touched on social themes. Moiss kaufman, leigh fondakowski, greg pierotti, andy paris and stephen.
Mar 06, 2017 horace greeley high school presents the laramie project, a modern classic march 6, 2017 by inside press reserve your tickets for the following performances. It premiered at the 2002 sundance film festival and was first. Zubaidas monologue at the candle vigil is like poetry. Auburn university, 1993 a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of fine arts in the department of theatre in the college of arts and sciences. Jonas is horrified by matthew shepard s murder and he believes that it reveals deepseated bigotry in laramie. The laramie project is a 2002 drama film written and directed by moises kaufman and starring nestor carbonell, christina ricci, dylan baker, terry kinney, and lou ann wright. Stephen belber, greg pierotti, barbara pitts, stephen wangh, amanda gronich, sara lambert, john mcadams, maude mitchell, andy paris, and kelli simpkins about the reaction to the 1998 murder of gay. Ten years afterten years after the brutal death of matthew shepard, moises kaufman and the members of the tectonic theater project returned to laramie, wyoming, and reinterviewed many of those who lent their voices to the dramatically powerful laramie project, adding an essential coda to what has become a classic of our time.
The laramie project jonas slonaker monologue marc patlan. The laramie project aaron kreifels monologue duration. Horace greeley high school presents the laramie project, a modern classic. Open book collaborative will be holding auditions for a staged reading of the laramie project. The baptist minister, for example, is worried that matthew shepard is going to hell, as if his being gay is as sinful as the murder of matthew. Reviewed by melissa garza go home and give your kids a hug and dont let a day go by without telling them that you love them. The three trials of oscar wilde, and the laramie project which he cowrote with the members of tectonic theater have been among the most performed plays in america over the last decade. Although far from perfect, this is a well acted and directed docu drama that tells a remarkable true story. The laramie project characters from litcharts the creators of. The play is quite an interesting and moving piece as mentioned in an earlier post, by the time i finished. Act 1 the laramie project sgt hing flashcards quizlet. Jonas feels that the wyoming axiom of live and let live, although seemingly tolerant, is actually a way for wyoming residents to mask and avoid confronting their homophobia.
The laramie project 2001 trailer moises kaufman youtube. The laramie project university of michigan school of music. The laramie project emerged from a series of interviews with residents, creating. Jonas slonaker, matt galloway, newsperson, russell. Question i keep to transcribe a critique article on gentleman story named laramie project and a stint of 6 pages required. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Matthew shepard was a twentyoneyearold student at the university of wyoming. After the residents of laramie introduce their town, members of tectonic theater project describe. Thelaramieproject the laramie project ten years later. Mchale also shines as openly gay laramie resident jonas slonaker and as shepard murder investigator rob dubree. The laramie project by moises kaufman and the tectonic theatre project. Ensemble member john mcadams also crosses capably into acting for the camera, in his candid, unfussy rendering of jonas slonaker, the gay owner of a ranch on laramies periphery, who speaks of his love for the town. The laramie project jonas slonaker monologue youtube.
The laramie project is set in and around laramie, wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21yearold matthew shepard. Gomes says, homosexuality is not mentioned in the four gospels, the books of. If your reading is not receiving the broadcast live from new york, we recommend that the person introducing your reading say these words as part of. The laramie project stars university of central florida. In the introduction to her play, fires in the mirror, about another communitys unravelling, anna deavere smith says, everyone, in a given amount of time, will say something that is like poetry. The laramie project summary from litcharts the creators of. The the laramie project quotes below are all either spoken by jonas slonaker or refer to jonas slonaker.
On november 14, 1998, the members of tectonic theater project traveled to laramie, wyoming, and conducted interviews with the people of the town. But as a typical american university town of the 1990s, laramie had a somewhat open gay society. Oct 10, 20 however, one particular quote caught my attention while reading. View notes thelaramieproject from the 2000 at university of florida. During the next year, we would return to laramie several times and conduct over two hundred interviews. The laramie project, one of the mostperformed theater pieces in america, has become a modern classic. The character of jonas slonaker in the laramie project. He gathered interviews, recorded reactions to the murder, and structured or formatted the play as if it was a reenactment not merely a. The play the laramie project does not hold only one person responsible for the tragic death of matthew shepard, but.
This is where i choose to live, insists jonas slonaker, a. Moises kaufman is a tony and emmynominated director and playwright, and the cofounder and artistic director of tectonic theater project. Longfieldsdavidson heights secondary school director. The laramie policewoman, first law officer on the scene, tells what she saw when she first approached matthew shepard, badly beaten but still alive. Consider if you were a minority racial, religious, sexual, cultural living in a small town. The laramie project is the movie to watch on the matthew shepard ordeal. Sarah burgess sarah priscus critic, mother teresa high school the motto of many of the residents of small wyoming. Greg pierotti, sergeant hing, jonas slonaker, russell henderson act iii, priest at. The laramie project by moises kaufman overdrive rakuten.
The university of denver as well as naropa university in boulder will be among 150 theaters that will read the new epilogue, the laramie project. In the aftermath, moises kaufman and members of the tectonic theater project went to laramie and conducted more than 200 interviews with its citizens. Written by moises kaufman and the members of tectonic theater project. Catherine connolly, a uwy faculty member, and jonas slonaker discuss how they are treated as homosexuals in small town wyoming. This comprehensive lesson plan includes 30 daily lessons, 180 multiple choice questions, 20 essay questions, 20 fun activities, and more everything you need to teach the laramie project. The play the laramie project does not hold only one person responsible for the tragic death of matthew shepard, but instead.
For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one. The laramie project is a docudrama, and kaufman wrote the play as if he were filming an actual documentary. Jonas is horrified by matthew shepards murder and he believes that it reveals deepseated. Matthew shepards death became a national symbol of intolerance. Jonas slonaker, another gay laramie resident, talks about how if more gay. Its like jonas slonaker having to explain that hes gay and still. Chapter summary for moises kaufmans the laramie project, act 1 summary. After the residents of laramie introduce their town, members of tectonic theater project describe how the theater companys leader, moises kaufman, asked them to join him in laramie, wyoming. The play lays out viewpoints of different sorts of people in society in a way that is unbiased and yet encouraging of self reflection, and motivates change without actually calling for change. The laramie project analyzes the death of matthew shepard, an openly gay college student who was brutally murdered in laramie, wyoming, in. Jonas slonaker a character in the laramie project by moises kaufman author, leigh fondakowski head writer, stephen belber associate writer, greg pierotti associate writer, stephen wangh associate writer, amanda gronich dramaturg, sarah lambert dramaturg, john mcadams dramaturg, maude mitchell dramaturg, andy paris. Catherine connolly john mcadams as jonas slonaker joshua jackson as. The following recap of events is not to be read as part of the play.
So, i hope that members of the audience watching the laramie project can see themselves somewhere in the play and have a educational, selfrealizing, even liberating experience. And its even in some of the western literature, you know, live and let live. Stephen belber, greg pierotti, barbara pitts, stephen wangh, amanda gronich, sara lambert, john mcadams, maude mitchell, andy paris, and kelli simpkins about the reaction to the 1998 murder of gay university of wyoming. Rulon stacey dylan baker the laramie project is a film adaptation of a play that is based on over 200 interviews conducted by.
Auditions for staged reading of the laramie project. The laramie project begins as various members of the laramie community praise the town of laramie, wyoming, speaking glowingly about towns closeknit community and expounding on its natural beauty. Im joining a cast of 28 at du that includes students, faculty, professional actors, politicians and more. Very good standard used condition book with the text inside being clean and unmarked exterior of the book shows moderate signs of usage fulfillment by amazon fba is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in amazons fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these. Sep 28, 2009 the university of denver as well as naropa university in boulder will be among 150 theaters that will read the new epilogue, the laramie project. The search for a personal acting method via the principles of constantin stanislavksi by matthew v. The laramie project summary from litcharts the creators. Yet, the interviews show that not everyone in laramie is tolerant. Its run by pennsylvania based blogger ca conrad, who is also a cousin of laramie resident jonas slonaker. Kaufman, jonas slonaker, doug laws, anonymous, detective rob debree, governor. Scenic designer fred kinney has created a striking, deceptively simple set which turns out to be much more than just walls, lights, and eight chairs which director nguyen and company manipulate with endless ingenuity. Based on the play of the same name, the film tells the story of the aftermath of the 1998 murder of matthew shepard in laramie, wyoming. We dont have to agree on everything but we do need to allow each other the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Police officer who found matthew shepard at the fence jonas slonaker.
The primary ones were an actor prepares, building a character and. But in a smart, bracing way, the laramie project restores honor to. Live and let live and the laramie discussion in the blink. Slonaker says, if i dont tell you im a fag, you wont beat the crap out of me. The laramie project isnt really about homosexuality or the matt shepard murder its bigger than that. Auditions for the laramie project will be tuesday, september 10 with possible callbacks on wednesday, september 11. To audition, please prepare one of the following monologues from the laramie project. The laramie project was written through a unique collaboration by tectonic theatre project. The creators of the laramie project, a play about matthew shepard, returned to wyoming on the 10year anniversary of his death. In this expanded edition, it is joined by an essential and moving sequel to the original play.
Live and let live and the laramie discussion in the. The laramie project is a critical play that addresses the brutal murder of openly gay teenager matthew shepard in the small town of laramie, wyoming, an incident that sparked national debate back in 1998. Professor, university of wyoming, author of the book losing. The baptist minister, for example, is worried that matthew shepard is going to hell, as if his being gay is. Jonas slonaker is a laramie resident and an openly gay man. Conrad interviewed slonaker after tectonic interviewed him for the laramie project.