Puzzle Pieces

For those of you who don't know, The Laramie Project consists mostly of monologues which were culled from the hundreds of interviews conducted by the Tectonic Theater Project. The monologues are usually short and cut in between the other actor's, creating, in effect, "scenes". These are more accurately described as moments in the scrip.

The challenge in directing and rehearsing is deciding on the approach. Do we rehearse all the monologues by character, allowing the actors to create full fleshed portraits? Do we rehearse them as scenes, to let them interact and get a sense of the full moment?

Our answer was, let's do both!

We're starting out, these first few weeks, going through the script by character. The actors are finding some great things, and are really making every single character a full person, not just a caricature. 

Later on, we will be putting all the pieces together. The actors will get to bounce their fully realized  characters off each other (I am SO looking forward to that day) and we'll start to see the full arc of the piece. 

Difficult? Yes. 

Exciting? HECK YES!

Stay tuned.

Week Two!

Hello All!

Well, it's week two of rehearsals I and am excited to say that we've gotten replies from two Laramie residents (and characters) Zackie Salmon and Kerry Drake.

Danny, our director, sent them emails asking what they'd like audiences to know ten years later. It's oddly similar to the NYT Article last week, but at least we can say we sent our emails months ago!

It's been great to get that tangible personal connection with the work.

Stay tuned!

Ten Years Later

One of the reasons Danny chose to do produce "The Laramie Project" now is that it's the tenth anniversary of Matthew's death.

The original writers from the Tectonic Theater apparently had a similar thought.

Check it out here:

Article from the NY Times

And also the Photo Slideshow

Journal entries and interesting stories from the original members here:

Tectonic Theater's Laramie Blog

First Rehearsal!

Last night we had our first rehearsal. Due to the monologue-y nature of the play we only worked with three of the cast members, but they were wonderful!

Both Danny and I were thrilled with the work done, and we can't wait for the rest of the week and the chance to see what the rest of our stellar cast brings to the table. 

After living with Laramie for so long it's nice to (as Danny puts it) be able to talk about it with people who care and Get It. 

Stay tuned!

Production Dates

Tickets go on sale October 6th HERE.

All performances will be held at the Boston Center for the Arts on Tremont st.

Opening Night: Friday December 5th @ 8pm

Saturday December 6th @ 2pm and 8pm

Sunday December 7th @ 2pm

Wednesday December 10th @ 7:30pm

Thursday December 11th @ 7:30pm

Friday December 12th @ 8pm

Saturday December 13th @ 2pm and 8pm

Welcome!

Welcome to BHP's production blog!

Here you will find behind the scenes pictures, stories, and information about our production of "The Laramie Project".

Stay tuned.