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Available to view online April 29- May 6
Salem, MA The Salem State theatre department presents
The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theater Project. A recorded performance will be available to view online
April 29- May 6. Tickets are available at www.salemstatetickets.com.
In October 1998, a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His battered body discovered the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was
Matthew Shepard. He was the victim of this hate crime because he was gay.
Sarah Carleton ~
Director
Sarah holds an MFA in Acting from Catholic University and has taught at Kean College, Seton Hall University, Adam Mickewicz in Poznan, Poland, and for the last twenty-four years at UVM. Directorial works at UVM include
Tartuffe, Peter and the Starcatcher, Dracula, Our Town, The Arabian Nights, You Can’t Take it With You, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, and
Noises Off. Professional directing credits include
The Mousetrap, Wait Until Dark, Or, Almost Maine, and
She Stoops to Conquer. Sarah is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association with acting credits in New York, regional and national tours which include
Mar 16, 2021 |
North Texas Performing Arts in Plano will be accepting video auditions until 5 p.m. April 9 for high school students in grades 9-12 for an summer production of
The Laramie Project.
Those auditioning should prepare and memorize a one-minute monologue and a one-minute musical theater song. Visit the
NTPA website here for more information on where and how to submit audition videos and to complete the audition form.
Rehearsals will be from 6-9:30 p.m. each Monday beginning April 19. The first rehearsal/parent meeting and full cast/large call rehearsals will be held online. Special arrangements for online access to other rehearsals will be made online as needed.
BATAVIA — On Oct. 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay college student at the University of Wyoming was beaten, tortured and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming. Six day later,