“A pioneering and powerful stage event!”-TIME Magazine. "The Laramie Project" portrays the seismic and deeply personal impact Matthew Shepard’s death had on the small town of Laramie, Wyoming, while also demonstrating the power of the human spirit to triumph over bigotry and violence. When Matthew was murdered in 1998, the residents of Laramie reacted to the anti-gay hate crime and surrounding media storm with anger, bewilderment and sorrow. Fifteen years later, Matthew’s story still reverberates, urging us on to confront the destructive power of bullying and hate, in all forms..