This Fall, Oakwood’s high school students presented a powerful production of The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, inviting our community to engage deeply with the themes of memory, justice, and social change.
The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later is the epilogue to Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project’s landmark play The Laramie Project. Set a decade after the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, the play revisits the town of Laramie, Wyoming, to explore how residents remember—or resist remembering—the hate crime that brought them national attention. Through new interviews, journal entries, and documentary-style scenes, the piece examines shifting public narratives, including the rise of denial and revisionism, while also highlighting the ongoing impact of Shepard’s story on conversations about homophobia, justice, and change in America.
