Theatre Æzir presents The Laramie Project, the tragic story of Matthew Shepard In October 1998, 21-year-old Matthew Shepard was tied to a fence post in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. Matthew, a student at the University of Wyoming, was severely beaten, robbed, tortured and left alone, to die. His body – battered, bloody, barely clinging to life – was discovered eighteen hours later. He was rushed to the hospital and put on life support. He died five days later. The reason for this brutal crime? Matthew Shepard was gay. This hate crime attracted vast attention worldwide, bringing sexual discrimination and violence to the forefront of public discourse. Sadly, the subject matter is as topical today as it was 20 years ago. With this in mind, Theatre Æzir is proud and humbled to present The Laramie Project, written by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of Tectonic Theatre Project, from over 200 interviews they conducted with the townspeople of Laramie, Wyoming in the aftermath of the crime. TAP Centre for Creativity, 203 Dundas Street Thursday, April 4 to Saturday, April 13. Evening performances at 7:30 pm; Matinees at 1:30 pm. 226-663-4114 Theatre Æzir is a London, Ontario-based independent theatre company founded in early 2017. Its mission is to create theatre that challenges the intellect, excites the emotion, and confronts the present.
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Page 4 Issue 2 • Spring 2019
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