Cultural Arts: Stages
The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later
Ten years after the murder of Matthew Shepard, how does a community choose to tell its own story? How had Laramie, Wyoming, ultimately been affected by the crime and the media frenzy that followed? Many of the townspeople were asked how Laramie had changed, including, for the first time, the perpetrators of the murder, as well as Matthew’s mother, Judy Shepard. The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later is the result of those interviews.
Written by Moisés Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, Andy Paris, and Stephen Belber
Directed by Ken Sawyer
Produced by Los Angeles LGBT Center/Jon Imparato
Presented at the Center’s Davidson/Valentini Theatre on September 13, 2013
THE CAST
MATT MICHELSON, ANDY PARIS, RENTAL CAR AGENT, BOY, STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY, JERRY PARKINSON, GLEN SILBER, BEN, REPUBLICAN MAN……….Paul Haitkin
RUSSELL HENDERSON/AARON MCKINNEY (ALTERNATING)……….Michael Hanson
MARGE MURRAY, CATHERINE CONNOLLY, JUDY SHEPARD……….Elizabeth Heron
JEFFREY LOCKWOOD, COWBOY, STEPHEN BELBER, GOVERNOR FREUDENTHAL, UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL, GEORGE, CHAIRMAN CHILDERS……….Carl J. Johnson
JIM OSBORNE, NIKKI ELDER, GIRL, ROMAINE PATTERSON, SUSAN SWAP, DESK MATE……….Che Landon
MOISÉS KAUFMAN, JOHN DORST, DAVE O’MALLEY, DENNIS SHEPARD, FATHER ROGAN, PETERSON……….Ed F. Martin
BETH LOFFREDA, LEIGH FONDAKOWSKI, DEB THOMSON, MOM……….Ann Noble
RUSSELL HENDERSON/AARON MCKINNEY (ALTERNATING)……….Dylan Seaton
REBECCA HILLIKER, REGGIE FLUTY, GRANDMA, ZACKIE SALMON, JAN LUNDHURST, LUCY THOMSON JANE, CLERK IN WYOMING LEGISLATURE……….Christine Sloane
GREG PIEROTTI, JEDEDIAH SCHULTZ, ROB DUBREE, FRIEND #1, JONAS SLONAKER, REP COHEE……….Paul Witten
SINGER……….Johanna Chase
Directed by Ken Sawyer; setting by Robert Selander; costumes by Paula Higgins; lighting by Luke Moyer; sound by Ken Sawyer; scenic artist David Burnham; casting director Raul Staggs; production stage manager and assistant director Shaunessy Quinn; production manager Patricia Sutherland; dialect coach Samara Bay; stage manager Kathleen Jaffe, assistant stage manager Zackry Barclift; press representative Ken Werther Publicity; and crew were Adam Earle, Allison Hill, Shaunessy Quinn, Michael Samulon, Robert Selander, and Bethany Tucker.