Josh and I went to see the University of Minnesota production of "The Laramie Project" today. The play, which is based on the transcripts of interviews with the people of the town where the Matthew Shepard hate crime murder took place, packs a visceral emotional punch.
Samantha Colburn as Aaron Kriefels, the bicyclist who finds Matthew Shepard, completely inhabited her role. Anna Safar as Romaine Patterson, Matthew's best friend and the organizer of Angel Action, made me both laugh and cry at the same time at the end of the show.
There were two actors who were rather disappointing in the show, but thankfully they had lesser parts. One of them had a great scene that they totally drained of the organic energy written into the script.
But, barring that, the show is definitely worth seeing. "Laramie Project" is at the U of M from April 8-17, 2005. Let us know what you think of it. :)
