The Laramie Project: Algonquin College’s Production is a Fine Example of Verbatim Theatre.
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The Laramie Project, first produced in 2000 is a particularly powerful form of docudrama conceived by Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theatre Projects. This group of actors from New York decided to create a staged work based on the story of Matthew Shepherd, the young man beaten to death in 1998, the victim of a hate crime in Laramie Wyoming.
The play tells us how the actors made 60 visits to Laramie, conducted 600 interviews with all the towns people, with witnesses, family, friends, police and everyone who had anything to say about the crime.