Wayne Marek News Today

“The Laramie Project” was performed on Oct. 19-21 at the Eau Claire Claire Children’s Theater (ECCT). According to the Tectonic Theater Project website, “The Laramie Project” is a documentary-style play created by Moisés Kaufman in 2000, consisting of interviews from those present during the events surrounding Matthew Shepard’s death in Laramie, Wyoming.  This play was...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the horrific 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a then 21-year-old college student in Laramie, Wyoming. The loss of Matthew and the impact of his death was felt by many, especially so in the LGBTQIA+ community, which birthed “The Laramie Project”. Shepards...