[NEohioPAL]THE LARAMIE PROJECT opens at Dobama Theatre Friday!

[Suzanne Ledel Miller]

DON'T MISS THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE LARAMIE PROJECT AT DOBAMA THEATRE!


Dobama Theatre, 1846 Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights, will proudly 
present the Cleveland Premiere of Moisés Kaufman's extraordinary THE LARAMIE 
PROJECT, September 14 through October 6, 2001.

Dubbed "nothing short of stunning" by New York Magazine and "an amazing 
piece of theatre" by the New York Post, THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a 
breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity 
can sink, and the heights of compassion we are all also capable of. It is a 
tale about the gulf between ignorance and understanding, and how tolerance 
can overcome hate.

In October of 1998, 21-year-old openly gay student Matthew Shepard was 
beaten savagely and left to die tied to a fence in the middle of a lonely 
prairie outside of Laramie, Wyoming.

The two men convicted of his murder would later claim that Matthew's sexual 
orientation was a factor in the brutal and deadly attack.

Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project made six 
trips to Laramie and conducted more than 200 interviews with the people 
there over the course of a year and a half in the aftermath of Shepard's 
death and during the trial of the two men accused of killing him.

THE LARAMIE PROJECT
is the result of this extraordinary journey -
and a deeply moving theatrical experience.

"One of the Top Ten Plays of the Year"
- Time Magazine

DIRECTED BY JOEL HAMMER

Performances:
8 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings
Following the Saturday, September 15 performance, there will be a free open 
"talk-back" with the cast and director of THE LARAMIE PROJECT
7:30 p.m., Sunday, September 19, Special "Pay-What-You-Can Performance."
2:30 p.m. Sunday Matinees, September 23 and September 30.
4 p.m. Saturday Matinee, October 6.

Tickets: $11-$18
(Group rates available, call for details)

For reservations, call the Dobama Theatre Box Office at (216)
932-3396.



Suzanne Ledel Miller
Public Relations Director
Dobama Theatre
1846 Coventry Road
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
Phone: 216-932-6838
Fax: 216-932-3259


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