Laramie Project and the Laramie Project: Ten Years Later; [with] The Laramie Project Issue of Playbill for the Union Square Theatre, June, 2000

Kaufman, Moises,Fondakowski, Leigh,Pierotti, Greg,Paris, Andy

ISBN 10: 0804170398 / ISBN 13: 9780804170390

Published by Vintage / Playbill, 2014

About this Item

Two items sold together: A SIGNED copy of the original June, 2000 Playbill for the renowned off-Broadway run of The Laramie Project (signed on the cover by Moises Kaufman) at the Union Square Theatre; together with a SIGNED copy of the 2014 paperback edition of 'Laramie Project and the Laramie Project: Ten Years Later' (signed by Kaufman on thr half-title). The book is near fine, the Playbill (in stapled wraps) has some creasing and wear.

Seller Inventory # 653820

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Laramie Project and the Laramie Project: Ten Years Later; [with] The Laramie Project Issue of Playbill for the Union Square Theatre, June, 2000
• Publisher: Vintage / Playbill
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804170398
• ISBN 13: 9780804170390
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Rare Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Two classic plays in a single volume: One of the most-performed theater pieces in America about the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard and the town in which it happened, joined by an essential and moving sequel to the original play.

"A terrific piece of theater, history, and life.... Nothing short of stunning.... A theatrical and human event.” —New York magazine

On October 7, 1998, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence outside Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in an act of brutality and hate that shocked the nation. Matthew Shepard’s death became a national symbol of intolerance, but for the people of the town, the event was deeply personal. In the aftermath, Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie and conducted more than 200 interviews with its citizens. From the transcripts, the playwrights constructed an extraordinary chronicle of life in the town after the murder.

In The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, the troupe revisits the town a decade after the tragedy, finding a community grappling with its legacy and its place in history. The two plays together comprise an epic and deeply moving theatrical cycle that explores the life of an American town over the course a decade.

About the Author

MOISÉS KAUFMAN is a Tony and Emmy-nominated director and playwright, and the co-founder and artistic director of Tectonic Theater Project. Kaufman’s plays Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, and The Laramie Project (which he co-wrote with the members of Tectonic Theater) have been among the most performed plays in America over the last decade. He is also the author of the Tony Nominated play 33 Variations; One Arm (his adaptation of the Tennessee Williams screenplay of the same name); and the short play London Mosquitoes. He has directed numerous plays on Broadway including the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright which earned Mr. Kaufman an Obie Award for direction as well as Tony, Outer Critics, Lucille Lortell, Drama Desk Awards nominations. Kaufman directed the film adaptation of The Laramie Project, which aired on HBO and was the opening night selection at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. Kaufman is a Guggenheim Fellow.