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Paperback: 128 pages Publisher: Vintage; 1st Vintage Books ed (September 11 2001) Costumer Rating:  Read an Excerpt Moment: A Definition Book Description For a year and a half following the murder of Matthew Shepard, Moises Kaufman and his Tectonic Theater Project-whose previous play, Gross Indecency, was hailed as a work of unsurpassed originality-conducted hundreds of interviews with the citizens of Laramie, Wyoming, to create this portrait of a town struggling with a horrific event. The savage killing of Shepard, a young gay man, has become a national symbol of the struggle against intolerance. But for the people of Laramie-both the friends of Matthew and those who hated him without knowing him-the tragedy was personal. In a chorus of voices that brings to mind Thornton Wilder's Our Town, The Laramie Project allows those most deeply affected to speak, and the result is a brilliantly moving theatrical creation. About the Author
Moisés Kaufman is the founder and Artistic Director of Tectonic Theater Project, a New York City based theater company. For Tectonic he wrote and directed Gross Indecency. His most recent work is The Laramie Project, which Time magazine called The Laramie Project "one of the 10 best plays of 2000.". » More by Moisés Kaufman | |||||||
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