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Bibliographic Master List #2: Theater, Criticism, Interviews and Personal Responses

Welcome to the Bibliography page for the literary study of The Laramie Project plays!

What you will find here are different kinds of academic articles, interviews and reviews focusing on the literary or theatrical nature of the plays.

If you are more interested in sources regarding the Shepard murder and its aftermath, or you are more interested in the social/societal criticism regarding TLP, please visit the TLP Non-Literary Bibliographic page.  There you will find both useful primary and secondary sources on Shepard's murder, the trials, some on protests, or the cultural impact of things like the plays or the Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Act.

If you want copies of any of this but can't get hold of them through your own scholarly community, feel free to email me at jackrabbit.blog@gmail.com and I'll help out wherever I can.  Some things I can make available through my Google Docs account or send directly to you if it's for academic purposes as per US Copyright law. 

Academic Scholarship on the Plays:

Anderson, Michael.  "A Resurgence of Verbatim Theatre: Authenticity, Empathy and Transformation." Australasian Drama Studies 50 (2007): 153-169.

Baglia, Jay, and Elissa Foster "Performing the 'Really' Real: Cultural Criticism, Representation, and Commodification in The Laramie Project." Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism 19.2 (2005): 127-145.

Belber, Stephen.  "Listening to 'Laramie.'" The Dramatist 3.2 (2000): 18-31.

Bottoms, Stephen "Putting the Document into Documentary: An Unwelcome Corrective?" TDR: The Drama Review: A Journal of Performance Studies 50.3 [T191] (2006): 56-68.

Brian, Crystal. "Community: Devising Community." Theatre Topics 15.1 ( 2005): 1-13.

Brown, Rich.  "Collaboration: Moisés Kaufman: The Copulation of Form and Content." Theatre Topics 15.1 (2005): 51-67.

Charles, Casey.  "Panic in the Project: Critical Queer Studies and the Matthew Shepard Murder."  Law and Literature 18.2 (2006): 225-252. 

Claycomb, Ryan M. "(Ch)oral History: Documentary Theatre, the Communal Subject and Progressive Politics." Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism 17.2 (2003): 95-122.

Dolan, Jill.  Utopia in Performance: Finding Hope at the Theater.  Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 2005.

Freeman, Roger. "Solving the Laramie Problem, or, Projecting onto Laramie." Theatre Symposium: A Journal of the Southeastern Theatre Conference 15 (2007): 107-122, 138.

Hayes, Lisa.  Theatricalizing Oral History: How British and American Theatre Artists Explore Current Events and Contemporary Politics in the Journey from Interview to Performance.   Ph. D. diss., University of New York, Buffalo, 2008.  DA3307653.

Kaufman, Moisés. "Into the West: An Exploration in Form." American Theatre 17.5 (2000): 17-18.

---.  "Anatomy of an Experiment: When the Tectonic team returned to 'The Laramie Project,' the docudrama's sequel became a collective creation seen and heard 'round the world."  American Theater, July/August 2010.  Web. 

Kiersky, Sandra.  "Revenge and Forgiveness in Psychoanalysis: Commentary on Stephen Wangh's 'Revenge and Forgiveness in Laramie, Wyoming.'"Psychoanalytic Dialogues 15.5 (2005): 771-78.

Koike, Hisae.  "Tectonic Theater/The Laramie Project." [in Japanese.]  Eigo Seinen/Rising Generation 146.12 (2001): 784. 

Lippert, Leopold.  "'Life in the Memory of One Who No Longer Lives': The Laramie Project and the Politics of Performance."  ANQ 23.2 (2010): 86-95. 

Loffreda, Beth.  "Scheduling Idealism in Laramie, Wyoming." Postwestern Cultures: Literature, Theory, Space. Ed. Susan Kollin. Lincoln, NE: U of Nebraska P, 2007. 159-171.

Nagel, Erica.  "An Aesthetic of Neighborliness: Possibilities for Integrating Community-Based Practices into Documentary Theatre." Theatre Topics 17.2 (2007): 153-168.

Salamensky, S. I.  "Re-Presenting Oscar Wilde: Wilde's Trials, "Gross Indecency," and Documentary Spectacle." Theatre Journal 54.4 (2002): 575-588.

Shewey, Don. "Town in a Mirror." American Theatre 17.5 (2000): 14-17.

Stoller, Terry.  "Performing Laramie: The Tectonic Theater's Project." New England Theatre Journal 15 (2004): 21-34.

Svich, Caridad. "Moises Kaufman: 'Reconstructing History Through Theatre' - An Interview." Contemporary Theatre Review 13.3 (2003): 67-72.

Tigner, Amy L. "The Laramie Project: Western Pastoral." Modern Drama 45.1 (2002): 138-186.

Sandage, Steven J.  "Intersubjectivity and the Many Faces of Forgiveness: Commentary on Paper by Stephen Wangh." Psychoanalytic Dialogues 15.1 (2005): 17-32.

Wangh, Stephen. "Reply to Commentaries."  Psychoanalytic Dialogues 15.1(2005): 47-56. 

---."Revenge and Forgiveness in Laramie, Wyoming." Psychoanalytic Dialogues 15.1 (2005): 1-16.

Blog posts and news articles detailing personal reactions:
(blogs linked at left, specific posts linked at right.)

News Coverage of the plays and reviews: 
"On the Road with Laramie [Part 1]."  The Advocate August 10, 2010.  Web.
"On the Road with Laramie [Part 2]."  The Advocate August 25, 2010.  Web. 
"On the Road with Laramie [Part 3]."  The Advocate Sept. 14, 2010.  Web.
"On the Road with Laramie [Part 4]."  The Advocate October 6, 2010.  Web.
"On the Road with Laramie [Part 5]."  The Advocate October 18, 2010.  Web.
"On the Road with Laramie [Part 6]."  The Advocate Jan 11, 2011.  Web.
"On the Road with Laramie [Part 7]."   The Advocate February 8, 2011.  Web.
  • Thieme, Billy.  "Guest Blog: On 'The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later."  Denver Post.com /Bloglines 16 Oct 2009.  Web.
  • Brantley, Ben. "A Brutal Act Alters a Town."  Theater Review.  New York Times 19 May 2000.  Web. 
  • Zoglin, Richard, William Tynan and Richard Woodbury.  "Voices From Laramie."  Time 08 May 2000.  Web.    
  • Steyn, Mark.  "A Theatrical Cipher."  [Negative review.] New Criterion 19.1(2000):35+.  Web. 
  • Shewey, Don.  "A Play Has a Second Life As a Stage for Discussion."  New York Times 01 Dec 2002: A7.  Web.  
  • Stockwell, Ann.  "Looking For Matthew."  [Review of the HBO movie.]  Advocate 19 March 2002: 56-59.  
  • Brustein, Robert.  "The Staged Documentary."  New Republic 222.25 (2000): 29-30.  
  • Thompson, Debbie.  "Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project, 'The Laramie Project'" [Review.]  Theatre Journal 53.4 (2001): 644-645.  
    •  Yes, this is the same Deb Thompson of Laramie Boomerang infamy.  You can see here what she thought of TLP before the nasty editorials which showed up in 10 Years Later.     
    Archival Research and Useful Primary Sources:
    • The UW online archive of the Matthew Shepard incident, via archive-it.org: linked here.  
    • UW Press release page for the Matt Shepard murder, with the main press releases and text of public speeches, etc., linked here.  
    • University of Wyoming American Heritage Center, The Matthew Shepard Collection (1983-2008).  MS # 300014.
      This consists of nine boxes of correspondence, clippings, e-mails, and everything you can imagine regarding UW and the Shepard case.  I have the finding aid linked here so you can plan ahead the next time you're in Laramie.   
    • Wikipedia's list page for cultural depictions of the Shepard murder: no griping, please.  I don't want to spend hours collating this when somebody else did, Wiki-terrible or no.  If you're an undergrad, please remember that it's not good academic form to quote from Wikipedia.  Use it to find good sources instead!  
    Miscellaneous: 
    •  Studio 180 Theatre's study guide for The Laramie Project, 2004:  Studio 180 is a theater company based out of Toronto, and they often make their play productions accessible to the educational community and students.  Their guide for The Laramie Project, which was produced for their 2004 season, gives a lot of suggestions and places to start for educators who want to teach the play.  Their 2003 run was the premiere of TLP in Canada. 
    • Time Magazine's study guide for The Laramie Project, HBO version:  This was produced as an educational guide to go alongside the release of the HBO movie back in 2002. 
      The online classroom is available here if you want to see it. 
      They include a PDF study guide for both teachers and students, much of which could work for either the play or the film.
    • The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later Study Guides: I can no longer find links for these directly on the Laramie Project Community website, but if you're looking for them online, the Emerson Laramie Project: 10 Years Later blog still has direct links up for all four guides.  
    10 Years Later Audience guide, part 1, via Tectonic Theater's TLP site
    10 Years Later Audience guide, part 2, via Tectonic Theater's TLP site
    10 Years Later Audience guide, part 3, via Tectonic Theater's TLP site
    10 Years Later Audience guide, part 4, via Tectonic Theater's TLP site
    • The Arena Stage's study guide for TLP,  created by Sub/Text:  A great source of background materials and information for teaching The Laramie Project and its historical context to unfamiliar audiences.   Includes an event timeline, background information on the plays, and information about the social impact of the play and information about the Shepard/Byrd Hate Crimes Act. 
    Pictures of various productions:
    • Plan B Theatre Company's production of The Laramie Project, 2001, via Flickr. 
      Photos taken by planbtheatreco.  An important production, but pictures are low-res. 
    • University of Tennessee Lab Theater production of The Laramie Project, Oct. 2006, via Flickr. 
      Photos taken by Roger Choover.  
    • Gettysburg Stage production of The Laramie Project, April 2007, via Flickr.  
    • Lewistown/Auburn Community Little Theater's production of TLP, Jan 2008, via their website.
      View their complete website and repertoire here.   
    • MICDS high school production of The Laramie Project, 2008, via Flickr. 
      Photos courtesy of micdsphotos Flickr Photostream.  
    • The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later at Magic Theater in San Francisco, via Flickr.
      Photos taken by Steve Rhodes. 


    Video Resources:


    Tectonic Theater's teaser trailer for 10 years Later, which includes interviews with original interviewees.



    Short clips of the performance of 10 Years Later in New York.



    A short film by The Working Group which chronicles the odyssey of a production of 10 Years Later in Newark. This is the same town which both witnessed the murder of Gwen Arajo, a transgendered high school student, and one of the first high school performances picketed by the WBC.





    Angels Turn Their Backs on Hate:  filmed by The Working Group.  This is a short clip showing the now-famous Newark High School production of The Laramie Project, about the same time Fred Phelps threatened to protest their production.  
    A clip from the same, focusing on the night of the production.



    Laramie Clip 1 from David Kane on Vimeo.

    The Laramie Part Two tour:  one of a series of four short clips available from the Laramie Project community website.  Click on this link to see a list of all four videos currently available.  


    Other films:  

    • The ABC 20/20 Program:  This is the program that sent everybody up in arms because it concludes that, since Matt was a bit of a personal mess and the murderers did drugs, that he was murdered in a "drug deal gone bad."  It is available through Amazon-- if you want to watch it-- but LexisNexis has the program transcript available, too. 
    • Seckinger, Beverly.  Laramie Inside Out.  This isn't currently on the market except through Seckinger's website.  A very good documentary of the Shepard trials and protests, from a UW alum who graduated shortly before the attack. 
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