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"The Laramie Project" epilogue

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southendmd:
I just got back from seeing this. 

First off, it was a completely new play, not just an epilogue tacked on to the original.  Many of the characters from the original were included in the epilogue, plus some new ones.  So, has Laramie changed?  The answer is yes and no.  As noted above, "the play is about how we construct our own history." 

While a lot of denial and distortion was portrayed, some real progress was highlighted.  Probably the biggest audience reaction occurred when showing how the Wyoming defense of marriage act was defeated by Republicans.

There were some strong performances by Emerson College undergraduates.  There were some technical problems with the Lincoln Center link-up, but all in all a moving evening.

Front-Ranger:

--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on September 18, 2008, 02:12:44 pm --- The university hosts a four-day Shepard Symposium for Social Justice each spring, and there is talk of creating a degree minor in gay and lesbian studies.

And yet, to the bewilderment of some people here, there is no memorial to Mr. Shepard in Laramie. The log fence has been torn down where he lay dying for 18 hours on Oct. 7, 1998. There is no marker. Wild grass blows in the wind.

The Fireside bar — where Mr. Shepard was lured away by Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, who are serving life terms for murder — is also gone, sold and renamed years ago. Without the Fireside, there is no longer a bar in town where gays, jocks, foreign students and cowboys mix together.


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BayCity John and I are going to this symposium starting Thursday. Come along, or if you can't, follow our activities here!

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