In October 1998 a twenty-one-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 bloody, bruised and battered body was not
discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital.
His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was
gay. Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theatre Project made six
trips to Laramie over the course of a year and a half in the aftermath of the beating
and during the trial of the two young men accused of killing Shepard. 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.
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If you believe that you or someone you know are a victim of a hate crime or
are involved in a hate crime:
- Hate Crime National Hotline 1-206-350-HATE
- Nation Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE
- Hate Crimes Hotline at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 1-800-552-6843