The Laramie Project

Brand new for 2025 is GCT’s “Readings On Stage” Series!

We know that there a lot of great scripts and stories that deserve to be heard but sometimes just don’t get an opportunity. With “Readings On Stage”, local directors and actors will be bringing some scripts to life that we hope you will find entertaining, challenging and educational. While these are simply readings on stage by actors and not a full mounted production with costumes etc, you never know, you might see one of these shows on our stage in the future.

Thank you for joining us!

The Laramie Project – October 11th at 2pm

On October 6, 1998, gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard left the Fireside Bar with Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. The following day he was discovered on a prairie at the edge of town, tied to a fence, brutally beaten, and close to death. Six days later Matthew Shepard died at Poudre Valley Hospital in Ft. Collins, Colorado.

On November 14th, 1998, ten members of Tectonic Theatre Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, and conducted interviews with the people of the town. Over the next year, the company returned to Laramie six times and conducted over 200 interviews. These texts became the basis for the play which has been performed in hundreds of high schools, colleges, community theatres, and professional theatres across the globe since its premiere in Laramie, Wyoming in 2000. It was also adapted into a film by HBO in 2002.

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