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sherbertwells's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
sad
fast-paced
2.0
The town of Laramie, Wyoming, where Matthew Shepard was beaten to death in 1998, bears witness to a group of actor-anthropologists. This play reminds me of The Prom, only without the self-conscious mockery that makes its central action tolerable.
“ZUBAIDA ULA: These are people trying to distance themselves from this crime. And we need to own this crime. I feel. Everyone needs to own it. We are like this. We ARE like this. WE are LIKE this” (61)
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Torture, and Murder
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Car accident
Minor: Sexual assault and Pregnancy
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