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Moments from Laramie
By Moisés Kaufman. Presented by MRSHS Year 11 Drama Students
Tuesday, May 13 @ 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Two Performances on May 13 & 14.
The Laramie Project, a play by Moisés Kaufman and The Members of The Tectonic Theatre Project, speaks powerfully to us of the tragic murder of Matthew Shepard in October 1998, shows us a community’s value system that gave rise to his murder and then the subsequent compassion later demonstrated to ward against such a heinous act in the future. Matthew Shepard’s tragic death became a symbol of intolerance, not just for a nation but for the people of Laramie, Wyoming. The event was deeply personal, and it is their own voices we hear in this thought-provoking piece of theatre.
Kaufman, and the members of the Tectonic Theatre Project, made six trips to Laramie over the period of a year and a half in the aftermath of the attack on Matthew, conducting more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. The Laramie Project constructs a deeply moving chronicle of the life of the town of Laramie in the year after Matthew’s murder asking us to consider our own value systems and question our own beliefs. Our Margaret River Senior High School production of Moments From Laramie, chooses selected ‘Moments’ from the script to explore the depths to which humanity can sink and to show the heights of compassion of which we are all capable.
Performed with rights purchased from Broadway Licensing Group.
Images: MRSHS Production of Moments from Laramie in 2015.
Cast
- Ruby Almera –Amanda Gronich and Marge Murray and Narrator
- India Ashworth – Eileen Engen and Matt Nickleson and Catherine Connelly
- Ginger Clifford – Zackie Salmon, Zubaidah Ula and Narrator
- Izzy Forte – Harry Woods and Stephen Mead Johnson
- Luca Graham – Kristen Price and Newsperson and Alison Mears
- Charlotte Gronow – Aaron Kreifels and Rulon Stacey and Amazing Grace
- Zoe Jennings – Stephen Belber and Reggie Fluty and singing Amazing Grace
- Tulip Laffar – Newsperson and Email Writer
- Arrabella Lawrance – Matt Galloway and Tiffany Edwards and singing Amazing Grace
- Kiara-Lee Pullen – Sgt Hing and Romaine Patterson
- Whiti Lutton – Jedadiah Shultz and Dennis Shepard and Moises Kauffman
- Archie Marshall – Greg Periotti and Dennis Shepard and Rev Fred Phelps
- Axis Pathe – Andy Parish and Philip Dubois and Dennis Shepard and Bill McKinney
- Stella Percival – Marge Murray and Kerry Drake and Gil Engen and Narrator
- Harry Roberts – Doc O’Connor and Shadow and Russell Henderson and Narrator
- Evangelie Ryan – Newsperson and Leigh Fondakowski and Baptist Wife and Narrator
- Saxon Singleton-Hooper – Baptist Minister and Aaron McKinnie and Govenor Geringer
- Stella Tucci – Rebecca Hilliker and Dr Cantway (shared) and Priest (shared)
- Scarlett Wenman – Trish Steger and Priest (shared) and Dr Cantway (shared) and Narrator
- Maya Wostear – Judge and Father Roger Schmit and Rob Debree
