A BRAND NEW THEATRE COMPANY IN PROVIDENCE

New Theatre In Providence presents Laramie Project July 22-August 1

The People's Theatre is the newest "Off-Trinity" Theatre in Providence. The founders are primarily staff members of the Trinity Rep Company.


Their first show is Moises Kaufmann's The Laramie Project, which is the story of the murder of Mathew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student who was brutally kidnapped, beaten and left to die (and he did) In 1998. 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. Some people interviewed were directly connected to the case, and others were citizens of Laramie, and the breadth of their reactions to the crime is astonishing.

INFO ABOUT THE SHOW WHEN: July 22-24 at 8pm, July 29-31 at 8pm, July 25 2pm, August 1st 2pm WHERE: Bell Street Chapel, 5 Bell Street, Providence COST: $10 for adults, $8, students and seniors MORE INFO: Call (401) 339-9658 or visit their website http://www.peoplestheatre.4t.com