The Laramie Project Begins Next Week at the Black Box Theater

The Laramie Project, a powerful drama about tolerance and hope, opens Thursday, January 31st at 7:30 in the Black Box Theater at Ridgefield High School.

Produced by the RHS Department of Visual and Performing Arts and directed by RHS drama teacher Sherry Cox, The Laramie Project deals with the aftermath surrounding the 1998 brutal beating death of Matthew Shepard, an openly gay student at the University of Wyoming. In the weeks following the murder, Broadway director Moises Kaufman and his Tectonic Theater Company interviewed members of the Laramie community in an effort to shed light on the tragedy. The Laramie Project is the result.

PERFORMANCE DATES:

Thursday, January 31
Friday, February 1
Saturday February 2

Thursday, February 7
Friday, February 8.

All performances are at 7:30 PM
(Snow date is Sunday, February 10 at 2:00 PM)

Tickets are $10 and are sold at the door

CAST: The following students play over 60 roles between them: Christina D'Aiuto, Claire Glubiak, Ellie Gravitte, Jacob Litt, Kelly Shannon, Kent Coleman, Matthew Kirby, Matthew Schonberg, Meredith Gillis, Sam Gravitte, Taylor Starr, Thomas Fusco and Trevor Carr. Caroline Treschitta understudies.

CREW: The amazing crew includes: Adam Lobelson, Lighting Design, Noah Feinberg and Kristen Doyle, Stage Managers as well Lighting Crew Lydia Strong and Zhenya Owczarak and Stage Crew Members, Kristen Doyle, Megan Gold, Holly Storm, Gemma Lein-McDonough, Rachel Kisken, and Darien Strassfield.