Back To Artword Productions 2002-2003

		At Artword Theatre mainspace February 12 to March 2, 2003 Studio 180 presents the Canadian première of The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project DIRECTED BY Joel Greenberg CAST Lesley Dowey, Deborah Drakeford, Jonathan Goad, Marvin Hinz, Alison Lawrence, Mark McGrinder, Kimwun Perehinec, Dylan Roberts SET DESIGN Michael Gianfrancesco COSTUME DESIGN Kelsey Hart LIGHTING DESIGN Michael Kruse SOUND DESIGN Joey Morin CONSULTING PRODUCER Derrick Chua Wednesday to Thursday at 8 pm $20 Friday at 8 pm $25 • Saturday at 8 pm $30 Advance tickets, Ticketking: 416-872-1212 www.ticketking.com Sunday 2 pm: $15 advance tickets sold out 75 PWYC tickets go on sale at 1 pm at the door only The show runs 2 hrs 15 mins (includes two 10-min intermissions)
	THE LARAMIE PROJECT exploded onto the theatrical scene in 2000, playing to rave reviews and enthusiastic audiences in New York. Time Magazine called it "one of the ten best plays of the year." The play will receive its Canadian Première in Toronto in a new production by Studio 180, performed February 12 to March 2, 2003 at Artword Theatre. Developed in response to the murder of Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming, THE LARAMIE PROJECT gives voice to the real-life testimony of more than 50 residents of the town. Writer Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project travelled to Laramie four weeks after Shepard -- an openly gay college student -- was kidnapped, brutally beaten and left to die. Over the course of a year and a half, the company conducted more than 200 interviews. From this testimony the company collaborated to develop the play. A cast of eight actors -- Lesley Dowey, Deborah Drakeford, Jonathan Goad, Marvin Hinz, Alison Lawrence, Mark McGrinder, Kimwun Perehinec and Dylan Roberts -- portray town residents and members of the original company as they struggle to come to terms with the shocking event and the questions raised in the wake of violence, on subjects including hate crime legislation, human rights and privileges, and the distinction between tolerance and acceptance. "THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a terrific piece of theater, history and life...Nothing short of stunning...You should not miss a theatrical and human event that deserves standing up for, with applause, or better yet, silently, taking an important lesson profoundly to heart." - NEW YORK MAGAZINE "A towering theatrical accomplishment...Our Town for the new millennium, capturing from real life the same sense of humanity in the raw that Thornton Wilder did years ago with the fictional Grover¹s Corner. The play moves the theater in a new and different direction." - SAN FRANCISCO TIMES "A deeply moving work of theatrical journalism." - THE NEW YORK TIMES Media Contact: John Karastamatis 416-593-0351 ext. 519 johnk@mirvish.com