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The Laramie Project

MOST PERFORMED PLAY IN AMERICA COMES TO TRI-C

“The Laramie Project” chronicles the horrific murder of a gay college student

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C ®) Metropolitan and Eastern Campus Theatre Departments will present "The Laramie Project" a compelling play about life in a small town after the horrific murder of a gay University of Wyoming student. In October, 1998, 21-year-old Matthew Shepard was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence in the middle of a prairie outside of Laramie, Wyo. “The Laramie Project” is one of the most performed plays in America today.

The show, directed by Tri-C’s Dean of Creative Arts, Brian Bethune, Ph.D., will run on the following dates:

Eastern Campus Theatre 8

4250 Richmond Road, Highland Hills Village

·         February 18, 19, and 20 at 8 p.m.

·         February 21 at 2 p.m.

Metropolitan Campus Theatre 10

2900 Community College Avenue, Cleveland

·         February 25, 26, and 27 at 8 p.m.

·         February 28 at 2 p.m.

·         March 3, 4, and 5 at 8 p.m.

The play was written by Moises Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theatre Project, who made six trips to Laramie over the course of a year and conducted more than 200 interviews with people of the town. From those interviews, they constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which humans are capable of showing.

General admission tickets for the show are $10 and $8 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased at the door on the day of the event or by calling 216-987-4211. Parking is available in designated visitor lots on each Tri-C campus for $1 for a two-hour time block, or a hangtag permit can be purchased for 75 cents.