The Laramie Project Auditions

OPEN AUDITIONS FOR

The Laramie Project

Open auditions for the October 2019 production of “The Laramie Project,” will take place Sunday, August 11^th at 2 PM, and Monday, August 12^th at 7 PM at Auburn Public Theater, Downtown, Auburn.

The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and The Members of The Tectonic Theater Project, is directed by Elisa Carabajal Hunt and is a collaboration of The Auburn Players Community Theatre and The Auburn Public Theatre

STORY:

In October 1998, a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised, and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay.

Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of a year and a half, in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the two young men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. The Laramie Project is a breathtaking collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.

AUDITION INFO: 

• Sunday, August 11^th at 2PM & Monday, August 12^th at 7PM
• Auburn Public Theater, Downtown, Auburn
• Roles available for 8-12 actors (ages 17 to 60) to play multiple characters
• Prepare two monologues from this show:  TLP-Female-Monologues TLP-Male-Monologues
• Monologues do not need to be memorized, but will be performed back to back.  You may be asked to read additional material at auditions.
• Callbacks: by invitation only
• Rehearsal Dates:Late August through Mid October 2019
• Performance Dates:October 11-13, 2019 at Auburn Public Theater.

For more information, contact The Auburn Players at (315) 702-7832