WAUKESHA – Director Mark Lococo has picked a cast of 8 to perform in the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha fall theater production of The Laramie Project. Performances are set for Friday and Saturday evenings, November 7, 8, 14, and 15, at 8:00 and Sunday, November 9, at 2:00 p.m. in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, located in the Fine Arts Center on campus at 1500 N. University Dr., Waukesha.
The cast for the UW-Waukesha production of The Laramie Project includes five students:
- Joshua Abbey, Pewaukee
- Robert (Bob) Curtis, West Allis
- Adam Gaulke, Pewaukee
- Morgan Kojis, Waterford
- Casey Van Dam, Pewaukee
and three community members:
- Jacque Long, Milwaukee
- Jennifer Oleniczak, Greenfield
- Carolyn Ratkowski, Milwaukee
In addition, two students are interning under the guidance of the company’s award-winning student dramaturge from last year, Rebecca Weber, Wales. The interns are:
- Jessica Betts, Mukwonago
- Elizabeth Rankin, Waukesha
Serving as stage manager is student Sarah Pilarski, Muskego. Jeff Smerz is technical director and designer.
Written by Moises Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project, the play represents the reactions of the community of Laramie, Wyoming, after the murder there of Matthew Shepard, a gay university student. Project members interviewed townspeople in the wake of Shepard’s torture and death in October, 1998. His barely-breathing, shoeless, blood-encrusted body was found tied to a fence on the city’s outskirts the evening of October 7 after the night he left a bar with two men. He died in a hospital October 12.
All seating is non-reserved, and tickets will be available after October 1 through the box office at (262) 521-5212. They are $7 for adults and $6 for students and senior citizens. UW-Waukesha students are free with a student ID. |
