Hopkinton Theater to Perform “The Laramie Project"

HOPKINTON, MA — Enter Stage Left Theater, a Hopkinton Theater group, will present The Laramie Project in May. The show is a 2000 play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project about the reaction to the 1998 murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming.

Five performances at the The Delbridge Family Performance Space, 98 Hayden Rowe Street, Hopkinton: May 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $18 for students and seniors and $22 for adults. A talkback with the audience will take place on May 8th.

Directed by Paul Champlin on the play’s 20th anniversary and featuring a cast of 15 from Hopkinton and surrounding towns, the three-act play focuses on the aftermath of Shepard’s brutal killing.

According to Champlin, “The Laramie Project, while confronting the complexities of gay rights and its detractors as its main theme, is ultimately a human story, one of inclusion and alienation, fear and yearning, violence and love. Our production will present as its focus, the people of Laramie, their unique stories and perspectives amidst these compelling circumstances.”