UFV Theatre will present The Laramie Project in March 2023. The Laramie Project is a modern classic. This verbatim theatre piece is constructed from the transcripts of over 200 interviews, conducted in the aftermath of the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man, in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998. The piece reveals a community grappling with violence, responsibility, and healing; and showcases how theatre can be a brave space for us to engage with this together.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Currently enrolled UFV students are invited to submit an original digital art piece, providing their own perspective on or response to The Laramie Project, as part of a digital art competition with a top prize of $3,500 cash and an interview with The Cascade newspaper about the winning entry. Deadline: March 1.
Selected entries will be printed and exhibited in-person at UFV’s S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery; with winners and honorable mentions receiving a longer exhibit in the Community Health and Social Innovation (CHASI) Hub.
CHASI and the UFV Theatre department invite students of UFV to submit digital artworks that explore their own perspectives: love, loss, hope, pain, pride. What does it mean to be LGBTQ2S+ in the world today? What has changed and still needs to change? How has your identity or that of a loved one impacted, enriched, or shaped you? What can we do to honour and protect people like Matthew Shepard?
Find out more about Matthew Shepard and the call for entries:
https://blogs.ufv.ca/chasi/2023/01/13/laramie-art/
Find out more The Laramie Project, a play based on Matthew Shepard’s murder that will be presented by UFV Theatre in March, here:
For more information, contact Jeff Mijo-Burch at jeffrey.mijoburch@student.ufv.ca
02/03/2023