WAUKESHA – Delivering a message along with a drama this semester, the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha theater department invites the community to a creative writing colloquium, “Images of Hate and Reconciliation,” on October 27 at 6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 101 located in the Commons on campus at 1500 N. University Dr., Waukesha.
Drama students also have planned an open forum on hate crimes Friday, November 10, at 7:00 p.m. in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
Both events are designed to bring community feedback to the campus’ dramatic production of The Laramie Project. Performances are set for Fridays and Saturdays, November 7, 8, 14 and 15, at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 9, at 2:00 p.m. in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on campus. Admission is $7 for adults and $6 for students and senior citizens. For ticket information, phone (262) 521-5212.
Written by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project, The Laramie Project presents 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, blood-encrusted body was found tied to a fence in a remote area on the city’s outskirts, and he died in a hospital five days later.
Students organizing the creative-writing colloquium invite writings and visual arts examining such concepts as prejudice, hate, discrimination, war, peace, hope, and love. Original works of poetry, prose, and visual art as well as other pieces that address these ideas are welcome.
At the town-hall-style meeting, they hope to stir discussion of legislation, Internet hate speech/hate group sites, and recent instances of hate activities.
In addition, Sarah Rudolph, who directed a production of The Laramie Project at the UW-Marathon County campus in Wausau last year, will speak at noon on October 27 in Conference Room 101, telling about her experiences when an out-of-state group protested that production and caused community disruption.
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