Greely High School is live-streaming its virtual performance of The Laramie Project Dec. 18-20, 2020.
Author: Beth McEvoy (NEWS CENTER Maine)
Published: 12:36 PM EST December 18, 2020
Updated: 12:42 PM EST December 18, 2020
CUMBERLAND, Maine — Students at Greely High aren't letting the challenges of a pandemic and virtual learning stop them from taking on a tough performance. Their latest play, The Laramie Project, is live streaming on December 18 - 20.
The Laramie Project is a documentary theater that chronicles real interviews with people in the town of Laramie, Wyoming in the days following the brutal murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard.
Shepard's murder in 1998 brought national and international attention to hate crime legislation and was the impetus for enacting hate crime prevention laws. In October 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Matthew Shepard Act into law.