(UPPER MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- Studio Players presents a limited run of The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of Tectonic. The production is directed by Thomas J. Donohue II and runs from May 1-4, 2025.

In October 1998, a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised, and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay.

It’s been 25 years since the groundbreaking production of The Laramie Project debuted off-Broadway. How have we progressed in the fight for equal rights and human decency for the LGBTQ+ community? How have we not? Join them for this seminal piece of American theatre.

The cast includes E. Dale Smith-Gallo (Moises Kaufman, Dennis Shepard, & Others); John Fraissinet (Stephen Belber, Doc O’Connor, & Others); Mark Cunningham (Greg Pierotti, Rulon Stacey, & Others); Gabe Michelson (Andy Paris, Jedadiah Schultz, Aaron Mckinney, & Others); Samantha Egge (Leigh Fondakowski, Romaine Patterson, & Others); Tara Spinelli (Amanda Gronich, Baptist Minister, & Others); Melanie Tischler (Barbara Pitts, Catherine Connolly, & Others); Donna Fraissinet (Rebecca Hilliker, Marge Murray, & Others); Griffin Harris (Matt Galloway, Russell Henderson, & Others); and Laura DiCerto (Reggie Fluty, Newsperson, & Others).

Performances take place May 1,2,3 at 8:00pm and May 4, 2025 at 3:00pm. Tickets are available for purchase online. Studio Playhouse is located at 14 Alvin Place in Upper Montclair, New Jersey.