Laramie Project
Lee Margaret Hanson and Mara Palma | Directors
Nick Caisse | Set Design
Laura Loo | Costume Design
JD Sargent | Technical Direction
In Partnership with Center Theatre Group and Sponsorship by Sony Pictures Entertainment
$25 general admission
$10 for faculty & staff, CCHS students (enter CCUSDFAMILY for promo code)
With limited parking in downtown Culver City, please consider taking Culver CityBus or using other mobility options. Community Conversations take place after each performance with a moderated panel.
View the Spectrum News piece on our students and the play by clicking here…
Twenty-five years ago, a 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, Matthew Shepard, was brutally kidnapped and murdered because he was openly gay. Moisés Kaufman and fellow Tectonic Theater Project members traveled to Laramie in the aftermath of the event and during the trial, conducting 200+ interviews with the townspeople. AVPA Theatre is honored to present this deeply moving and inspiring piece of theatre in allyship with the LGBTQ+ community. This play encourages us to continue much needed conversations within the CCUSD community that propel understanding and acceptance in a world that is in constant struggle between oppression and progress.
Cast
Emerson Jurenkuff – Stephen Belber, Matt Galloway, Bill McKinney
Charlotte Hamill – Alison Sears, Zackie Salmon, Aaron Kreifels
Nene Makinoda – Rebecca Hilliker, Minister’s Wife, Kerry Drake
Zoe Smith – Reporter, Sherry Johnson, Governor Geringer
Natalie Cayetano – Catherine Connolly, Tiffany Edwards, Cal Rerucha
Cecilia Loo-Miller – Zubaida Ula, Newsperson 2, Lucy Thompson
Lux Amaya – Moises Kaufman, Reggie Fluty, Andrew Gomez
Isaiah Griffin – Jedadiah Schultz, Baptist Minister, Aaron McKinney, Jeffrey Lockwood, Gil Engen
Annie Francuz – Marge Murray, Doug Laws, Judge
Ethan Winfield – Matt Mickelson, Russell Henderson, Stephen Mead Johnson, Murdock Cooper
Davis Barthelman – Romaine Patterson, Foreperson
Catherine Laborde – Eileen Engen, Rulon Stacey
Ryan Vermette – Greg Pierotti, Sgt. Hing, Jonas Slonaker
Nia Jones – Andy Paris, Shadow, Conrad Miller, Priest at Funeral
Oryan Maximo – April Silva, Amanda Gronich, Russell Henderson’s Mormon Teacher
Ella Kendall – Leigh Fondakowski, Trish Steger
Veronica St. Angelo – Philip Dubois, Phil Labrie, Shannon
Maia Goldman – Jon Peacock, Email Writer, Anonymous friend of Aaron
India Lipsky – Sherry Aanenson, Barbara Pitts, Jen, Bailiff
Kaylin Murchison – Sgt. Rob Debree, Waitress, Kristin Price
Will McFadden – Rev. Fred Phelps, Doc O’Connor, Father Roger Schmit
Bill Salyers – Dennis Shepard, Dr. Cantway, Harry Woods
