'The Laramie Project' - Helena College Year 12 Drama production
Tue, 28 Feb 2012, 01:33 pmdancektp1 post in thread
'The Laramie Project' - Helena College Year 12 Drama production
Tue, 28 Feb 2012, 01:33 pm‘Live and let live’ is the ethos that Laramie, Wyoming community members are proud to live by. So how can a town stray so far from this? How can members of their community commit such a heinous crime on another human being? Can the community recover from the shocking truth that they are not as accepting as they believed?
On October 7, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a young gay man, was found tied to a fence, beaten, tortured, burned and left to die. The crime shocked the close-knit community and gained worldwide attention when Matthew passed away four days later due to his injuries. The perpetrators were members of the local community who claimed that it was a gay panic bashing.
Members of the Tectonic Theatre Project travelled to Laramie, Wyoming and conducted interviews with the people of the town exploring how they could stray from their ethos and whether their community could actually recover.
The Laramie Project is the play developed from these interviews and explores the issues surrounding hate crimes, the effects of such crimes on a small community and how the community could recover and rebuild after such a crime. It also looks at the role that media plays - how media publicity of such an event can effect our lives, minds and hearts.
The Helena College Year 12 drama class will present The Laramie Project on 15,16 and 17 March in an outdoor theatre format, performing on the Senior School oval. Gates will open at 7pm with curtain up at 7.30pm. Tickets are $10 and will be available from the Senior School performing arts centre from Monday, 27 February 2012 or via email, ktwynam-perkins@helena.wa.edu.au, payments to be made by check or cash on the night.
The play does contain coarse language and adult themes and any students under 15 years will need to be accompanied by a parent/guardian or have written parental permission to attend the performance.
According to College Policy this is an alcohol free event.
So bring a picnic and come down to the Helena College oval to watch the Year 12 drama students perform this amazing and thought provoking piece of contemporary theatre that will move you to think about the way in which we treat others and the repercussions of the choices we make in life.
dancektpTue, 28 Feb 2012, 01:33 pm
‘Live and let live’ is the ethos that Laramie, Wyoming community members are proud to live by. So how can a town stray so far from this? How can members of their community commit such a heinous crime on another human being? Can the community recover from the shocking truth that they are not as accepting as they believed?
On October 7, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a young gay man, was found tied to a fence, beaten, tortured, burned and left to die. The crime shocked the close-knit community and gained worldwide attention when Matthew passed away four days later due to his injuries. The perpetrators were members of the local community who claimed that it was a gay panic bashing.
Members of the Tectonic Theatre Project travelled to Laramie, Wyoming and conducted interviews with the people of the town exploring how they could stray from their ethos and whether their community could actually recover.
The Laramie Project is the play developed from these interviews and explores the issues surrounding hate crimes, the effects of such crimes on a small community and how the community could recover and rebuild after such a crime. It also looks at the role that media plays - how media publicity of such an event can effect our lives, minds and hearts.
The Helena College Year 12 drama class will present The Laramie Project on 15,16 and 17 March in an outdoor theatre format, performing on the Senior School oval. Gates will open at 7pm with curtain up at 7.30pm. Tickets are $10 and will be available from the Senior School performing arts centre from Monday, 27 February 2012 or via email, ktwynam-perkins@helena.wa.edu.au, payments to be made by check or cash on the night.
The play does contain coarse language and adult themes and any students under 15 years will need to be accompanied by a parent/guardian or have written parental permission to attend the performance.
According to College Policy this is an alcohol free event.
So bring a picnic and come down to the Helena College oval to watch the Year 12 drama students perform this amazing and thought provoking piece of contemporary theatre that will move you to think about the way in which we treat others and the repercussions of the choices we make in life.