Barnstormers' To Tackle Thought-Provoking Production

The LHS Barnstormers will stage, "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later," Janury 26-28 at 8 p.m. in the high school’s Tryout Theater. In 2003 the Lakewood High School Barnstormers Drama Club produced the thought-provoking play, "The Laramie Project." This play was written as a look at the impact the violent and brutal murder of a gay University of Wyoming student, Matthew Shepard, had on an entire community. The LHS Barnstormers produced it as a means of opening up a dialogue about violence, hatred, intolerance and acceptance. In short, this production was moving, eye-opening, and heart wrenching.

Ten years after this heinous crime, the producers of the original production ventured back to Laramie on the anniversary of Matthew's murder. Their purpose? To gaze into the eyes of a community and see what, if any, lasting changes had taken place. The result of that effort is the script, "The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later." The LHS Barnstormers are proud to produce this script in an attempt to once again open up a dialogue about issues of perpetual concern to all of us. What have we learned from the events of the past? Are we a more or less tolerant school and community than we were ten years ago?

Tickets will be available in advance for $3 or at the door for $5. Call 529-4162 for more information.

Dave Gannon is the adviser for the LHS Barnstormers Drama Club.