Docsity
Docsity
Prepare for your exams
Prepare for your exams

Study with the several resources on Docsity

Earn points to download
Earn points to download

Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan

Guidelines and tips
Guidelines and tips
Sell on Docsity
Sell on Docsity
Docsity AI
Docsity AI
Log inSign up

Prepare for your exams

Study with the several resources on Docsity

Find documents

Prepare for your exams with the study notes shared by other students like you on Docsity

Search for your university

Find the specific documents for your university's exams

Docsity AINEW

Summarize your documents, ask them questions, convert them into quizzes and concept maps

Explore questions

Clear up your doubts by reading the answers to questions asked by your fellow students

Earn points to download

Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan

Share documents
download point icon20 Points

For each uploaded document

Answer questions
download point icon5 Points

For each given answer (max 1 per day)

All the ways to get free points
Get points immediately

Choose a premium plan with all the points you need

Study Opportunities

Choose your next study program

Get in touch with the best universities in the world. Search through thousands of universities and official partners

Community

Ask the community

Ask the community for help and clear up your study doubts

Free resources

Our save-the-student-ebooks!

Download our free guides on studying techniques, anxiety management strategies, and thesis advice from Docsity tutors

The Laramie Project Cycle FAQs, Exercises of Theatre

Stanford UniversityTheatre

Combined, the play and the movie have been seen by more than 20 million people around the world. What inspired Tectonic to go to Laramie in 1998? There are ...

Typology: Exercises

2022/2023

Uploaded on 03/01/2023

edmond
edmond 🇺🇸

3.8

(10)

251 documents

1 / 4

Toggle sidebar

This page cannot be seen from the preview

Don't miss anything!

bg1
!
The Laramie Project Cycle FAQs
What is Tectonic Theater Project?
Tectonic Theater Project is a developmental company that creates and produces works for the stage
that rigorously explore theatrical language and form. Based in New York City, we build plays from
the ground up and bring new life to existing scripts on stages across the United States and around
the world.
The company is behind such plays as Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, The Laramie
Project Cycle, I Am My Own Wife, One Arm, El Gato con Botas, 33 Variations (5 Tony nominations,
including a Best Actress nomination for Jane Fonda), The Tallest Tree in the Forest, and Uncommon
Sense.
Tectonic has received numerous awards including the Humanitas Prize, the Obie, the Lucille Lortel
Award, The Outer Critics Circle Award, the GLAAD Media Award, the Artistic Integrity Award
from HRC, and the Making a Difference Award from the Matthew Shepard Foundation.
What is The Laramie Project?
A month after the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, the members of Tectonic Theater Project
traveled to Laramie, Wyoming to conduct interviews with the people of the town. From these
interviews, they wrote The Laramie Project, which has become one of the most performed plays in
America in the last decade. The company later collaborated with HBO in 2002 to create a film
version of the play starring Peter Fonda, Laura Linney, Christina Ricci, and Steve Buscemi, and
members of the original company, among others. It opened the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and
was nominated for 4 Emmys (Outstanding Made for TV Movie, Outstanding Directing of a TV
Movie, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Casting). Combined, the play and the movie have been
seen by more than 20 million people around the world.
What inspired Tectonic to go to Laramie in 1998?
There are thousands of anti-gay hate crimes a year, yet in 1998 this crime captured America's
attention. The members of Tectonic went to Laramie to record how this event had affected the town
and its residents. The hope was that this would shed light on the ideas and beliefs that were shaping
our nation.
pf3
pf4

Partial preview of the text

Download The Laramie Project Cycle FAQs and more Exercises Theatre in PDF only on Docsity!

The Laramie Project Cycle FAQs

What is Tectonic Theater Project?

Tectonic Theater Project is a developmental company that creates and produces works for the stage that rigorously explore theatrical language and form. Based in New York City, we build plays from the ground up and bring new life to existing scripts on stages across the United States and around the world. The company is behind such plays as Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde , The Laramie Project Cycle , I Am My Own Wife , One Arm , El Gato con Botas , 33 Variations (5 Tony nominations, including a Best Actress nomination for Jane Fonda), The Tallest Tree in the Forest, and Uncommon Sense. Tectonic has received numerous awards including the Humanitas Prize, the Obie, the Lucille Lortel Award, The Outer Critics Circle Award, the GLAAD Media Award, the Artistic Integrity Award from HRC, and the Making a Difference Award from the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

What is The Laramie Project?

A month after the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, the members of Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming to conduct interviews with the people of the town. From these interviews, they wrote The Laramie Project , which has become one of the most performed plays in America in the last decade. The company later collaborated with HBO in 2002 to create a film version of the play starring Peter Fonda, Laura Linney, Christina Ricci, and Steve Buscemi, and members of the original company, among others. It opened the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for 4 Emmys (Outstanding Made for TV Movie, Outstanding Directing of a TV Movie, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Casting). Combined, the play and the movie have been seen by more than 20 million people around the world.

What inspired Tectonic to go to Laramie in 1998?

There are thousands of anti-gay hate crimes a year, yet in 1998 this crime captured America's attention. The members of Tectonic went to Laramie to record how this event had affected the town and its residents. The hope was that this would shed light on the ideas and beliefs that were shaping our nation.

There was also a polarization that took place in the national conversation that led to: a) an oversimplification of vastly complicated ideas, like prejudice, class issues, gender issues, and b) many bigoted people being allowed to take center stage, as the media found it necessary to spotlight two sides in a debate about homosexuality. Tectonic’s goal was to find the story of the people of Laramie in their own words. From a theatrical perspective, Tectonic was curious about what role theater artists can have in a national dialogue about current events.

Why did Tectonic return in 2008?

The murder of Matthew Shepard had such a seismic impact on this small town in America, that the company wanted to try to observe what, if any, were the long-lasting effects of such a crime. How does a town look 10 years after an episode of this magnitude? Have the attitudes changed? The mythologies? Has change occurred that's concrete and lasting? For these reasons, the group returned to re-interview past participants, conduct new interviews with Laramie residents and most significantly, interview Judy Shepard and Aaron McKinney (one of Matthew Shepard's murderers).

Which of the company members returned in 2008?

Moisés Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Andy Paris, Greg Pierotti, and Stephen Belber all re-visited Laramie in 2008.

On October 12, 2009, the 11

th

anniversary of the death of Matthew

Shepard, Tectonic Theater Project premiered The Laramie Project: 10 Years

Later at Alice Tully Hall at New York’s Lincoln Center. The play was

simultaneously performed in 150 theaters in all 50 states and 8 countries.

What was the motivation for this event?

The Laramie Project is a play with a tremendous historical and cultural impact. Tectonic is proud to have initiated a nationwide unveiling of the epilogue as a reminder to itself, its audiences, and its communities that Matthew Shepard's story still reverberates, and that, unfortunately, many of the issues the murder brought up are still unresolved. Tectonic also wanted to participate in a great experiment reminiscent of The Federal Theatre

Theater Project. All requests should be made through [email protected]

Can obscenities be edited from the script?

In the case of school productions, we understand that obscenities need to be edited. Permission can be granted by sending a request to [email protected]

Can performances of The Laramie Project be taped?

No. Audiotapes or videotapes of any production of The Laramie Project are not permitted.

Is the original design of the poster for The Laramie Project available for

use?

Yes. To obtain the licensing rights to use the image, please contact Theatre Logos Agency at http://www.theatrelogos.com