PCC Center for the Arts - Theatre Arts presents The Laramie Project

 

From: Carder, Carol [mailto:ccarder@pima.edu]
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 10:48 AM
Subject: press release: Pima Community College Center for the Arts - Theatre Arts presents The Laramie Project Nov.14-24

 

 

Pima Community College Theatre Arts presents the contemporary drama The Laramie Project

 

what: PCC theatre arts presents The Laramie Project

where: PCC Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre, West Campus, 2202 West Anklam Road, Tucson, AZ 85709

when: November 14-24, Thu.-Sat. at 7:30 p.m., Sun. at 2 p.m., ASL interpreters available Nov. 21. 

general admission: Tickets are $15 with discounts available. Tickets can be purchased online or at the box office.

information: Box office hours: Tue.-Fri., noon-5 p.m. and one hour prior to each performance. 520-206-6986, centerforthearts@pima.edu, www.pima.edu/cfa

 

Tucson, Arizona--Pima Community College Theatre Arts presents THE LARAMIE PROJECT, by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theatre Project. Directed by Nancy Davis Booth. In 1998 University of Wyoming gay student Matthew Shepard was kidnapped, beaten and left to die tied to a fence in the outskirts of Laramie. He died 6 days later. The horrific event became a watershed moment in America challenging existing opinions and inspiring change. The play is a theatrical collage about the reaction of the town people, when in the spotlight of national media, rumors became myth in achingly soul-searching confusion.

 

The Laramie Project is part of PCC Theatre Arts continuing exploration of intolerance and injustice. In describing the production director Booth elaborates, “The play is a complicated view of Laramie’s response to the murder of Matthew Shepard. It is constructed in a series of moments in which Laramie residents remember and reflect on this hate crime and the media onslaught. Through these deeply personal reflections, the impact on this small community reveals the human spirit’s triumph over bigotry and violence.”

 

She continues, “The recent heckling of students at the University of Mississippi’s production of The Laramie Project emphasizes the ongoing validity of the themes of the playwrights. Fifteen years later, the story still resonates and compels us all to confront the issues of bullying and hatred.” An open dialogue with the audience, cast and director will follow every performance.

 

Pima’s production of The Laramie Project is made possible with support from Shirley Chann and Linda and Tracy Nuckolls. 

 

A photo call for the media is scheduled for Tuesday, October 29 at 6 p.m. in the Center for the Arts Black Box Theatre. Director Nancy Davis Booth is available for interviews: call 218-329-2979 (cell phone) or e-mail ndbsoprano@aol.com.

 

The Pima Community College Center for the Arts is located on West Campus at 2202 West Anklam Road, Tucson (just west of downtown). For ticket information contact the box office at 206-6986 or centerforthearts@pima.edu.

 

 

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