How was The Laramie Project written?
akannan Teacher Middle School Editor Emeritus Debater Expert Educator $(document).ready(function() { $(‘a.toggle_expert_titles’).click(function() { $(‘#show_expert_titles’).toggle(); return false; }); }); The play itself is written as a series of monologues. We see the dramatic actions and internal expressions of the characters expressed through monologue thought and action which allows us to be privy to what events are transpired, but also what the characters are thinking. The characters represent people in the town of Laramie, but also the characters are the actors. In conceiving of the play in this manner, the implication is to present a reflective exercise where the drama that unfolds is secondary to our own sense of reflection about the issues evoked through the play. For example, when members of the Tectonic Company assembled the play, they became the actors, the writers, and the social historians, as they conducted the interviews, delivered the lines, and presented their thought
