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Early Reviews

Stephen Johnson, who is featured in the play:

Congratulations on an outstanding opening night performace!  The afternoon panel was a great success, too.  We are grateful for the opportunity to come up and be a part of this project.  Kudos to you, your cast, crew and sponsors.  

From the director of the Harvard College Women's Center:

Huge congrats! the panel discussion and play were both so wonderful last night. I wanted to congratulate you for all of your hard work and for the amazing experience both were for me.

Congrats again and best to you and the cast for a great run this week! You should be VERY proud of what you've made possible here at Harvard.

From an Assistant Dean at Harvard College:

Allow me to add my congratulations as well.  The panel and production were very good and I was very impressed by the cast. 

Tim McCarthy, Lecturer at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Adjunct Lecturer at the John F. Kennedy School of Government:

Absolutely fabulous!  Bravo.

The Laramie Project

Don't miss it! 

The Office for the Arts at Harvard presents the Harvard premiere of:

The Laramie Project

by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project

A student independent production 
Directed by Jason Wong

Assistant Direction by Jacqueline Palumbo

Produced by Truc Doan and Karla Reyes

www.harvardlaramieproject.com

January 8 to 10, 2009 7:30 p.m.

January 10 and 11, 2009 2 p.m.

at The Agassiz Theater

$10 General Admission | $7 Students

Tickets available at The Harvard Box Office

The Laramie Project is a powerful docudrama derived from a compilation of interviews conducted by Moises Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project. The story centers on the entire community of Laramie, Wyoming and their reaction to the murder of Matthew Shepard, the victim of a gay hate crime. Both retrospective and dynamic, heartbreaking and inspiring, The Laramie Project is an experience that you won't want to miss, and one that you won't forget! For more information on our production, including news and special events, please visit our website at www.harvardlaramieproject.com  

With a Special Harvard Laramie Project Panel Presentation

January 8, 2009 4:30 p.m.

at The Agassiz Theater

Free Admission!  RSVP at http://harvardlaramieproject.com/panel.html

We are very excited to announce that, in conjunction with the Nicholas Papadopoulos Fund, we will be hosting a special presentation with Romaine Patterson, Rev. Stephen Johnson and his wife, Rev. Penelope Toms.  All three lived in Laramie when the event occurred ten years ago, and are thrilled to be able to offer their perspective on what happened and be available to answer questions from the audience.  Romaine Patterson and Rev. Johnson are featured prominently in the play.  The panel will be moderated by Dr. Timothy McCarthy, and will be held prior to the opening night performance.  Please visit our website for more details!  http://harvardlaramieproject.com/panelists.html

The Harvard Laramie Project

We did it!! WE did IT! I just learned of this not even three days ago, and I'm still bouncing off the walls and flying high above the clouds.

We are producing the Harvard premier of The Laramie Project! The number of performances, and performance times will be announced at a later date, but we will be putting this production on at the Agassiz Theater here at Harvard on the weekend of January 8 to 11, 2009! Everyone's invited! Please come! It's going to be awesome!

In any case, we have big plans for this production, including possibly the use of cinematography and photographs in order to create an ultra-modern artistic feel. For our publicity campaign, we are hoping to utilize all the means available to us, including print ads, posters/flyers, making use of the internet, and especially utilizing a social network as a way to connect the cast, crew, and fans of the Harvard Laramie Project! I think what's going to be new about this particular web campaign is that I'm going to encourage all of the staff, cast and crew to blog about their experiences when they can. I think it's going to be great! It's kind of like mimicking the diary moments inside the play itself (if you are familiar with this play, you'll know what I'm talking about, if not, don't worry about it!) In addition, you'll be able to ask us questions, and prod our artistic vision as we lead into opening night! Furthermore, you'll get an insider's view of what it's like to put on a theatrical production. We have much to offer! Visit theharvardlaramieproject.ning.com and check it out! You should register! And stay tuned!

For the past two weeks, our staff has poured their heart and soul into organizing a group and a proposal for our show. Our proposal for The Agassiz theater is eight pages long. Including our credentials section, our proposal's almost twenty pages! This is all for a production that wasn't even guaranteed a space or funding!

The night before I expected to hear about whether or not we got a space, I had nightmares where I begged and pleaded with everyone I knew to get this project off the ground even though we were rejected. I prepared myself not to show disappointment or cry if we were refused. I woke up the next morning, tired from an exhausting repose, and was glued to my email inbox. I received this email in the late afternoon, that read:

We were impressed by your commitment to bringing this show to the Harvard campus, and the team presentation during your interview.

The NCT/Agassiz Review Committee has decided to grant The Laramie Project a two week residency at the Agassiz Theatre for the weeks of Dec. 15 to Jan. 11 (taking into account winter recess) contingent on the following items:
- There will only be one weekend of performances, starting no earlier than Wednesday, 1/7, and going no later than a matinee on Sunday, 1/11, allowing for an evening strike.
- You agree to work with the Agassiz staff and other building users to ensure all support spaces (Horner Room, scene shop, lobbies, etc.) are shared fairly and always left clean and organized for the next group.
- You abide by the rules and policies of the Agassiz Operations Manual and Tech Safety Manual.

Honestly, I teared up. I'm so excited for this show! We have such a genuinely awesome group behind this production, I can't help but be more and more excited for this production as time passes!! We still have much work to do, such as apply for funding, and get our paperwork together and create our organization behind this production, but we're doing this! It's almost like living a dream. *pinches self* Stay with us and follow our trials and tribulations as we begin our journey to our big performance dates! Welcome, all, to The Harvard Laramie Project!