One Planet Magazine
HERO Community Action:Laramie Project
More than 1000 members of the community and H.E.R.O.'s joined chase away the protest by Fred Phelps.
Extremist Fred Phelps has promised to protest the Laramie Project at Glendale Community College. In past protests he has brought such signs that read “God Hates Fags” “Fags Die God Laughs" and "Matt in Hell."
On Saturday night he was shown that he is not welcomed in the Valley of the Sun.
Wearing red shirts and the wings of angels the community supported the cast, producer, director of the show and GCC.
The show sold out with people still in line hoping to get tickets. Many students wanting to attend the show were provided assistance by the community through generous support so they could view the show for the first time.
The Laramie Project
In October 1998, a 21 year old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay.
Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of New York's Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of 18 months 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, whose varying reactions to the crime are fascinating. Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater members constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences. The Laramie Project is a breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.
HERO Community Action:Laramie Project
More than 1000 members of the community and H.E.R.O.'s joined chase away the protest by Fred Phelps.
Extremist Fred Phelps has promised to protest the Laramie Project at Glendale Community College. In past protests he has brought such signs that read “God Hates Fags” “Fags Die God Laughs" and "Matt in Hell."
On Saturday night he was shown that he is not welcomed in the Valley of the Sun.
Wearing red shirts and the wings of angels the community supported the cast, producer, director of the show and GCC.
The show sold out with people still in line hoping to get tickets. Many students wanting to attend the show were provided assistance by the community through generous support so they could view the show for the first time.
The Laramie Project
In October 1998, a 21 year old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay.
Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of New York's Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of 18 months 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, whose varying reactions to the crime are fascinating. Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater members constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences. The Laramie Project is a breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.