We've done 25 to 35 hours of rehearsal as a cast. Today we were in the beautiful rotunda on campus where we'll be performing (it's like acting in the Jefferson Memorial). Tomorrow night, October 12, 2009, it's happening, all over the world.
One important update to mention is that the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act passed in the senate the other day! This act will expand the national hate crime legislation to include crimes motivated by the victim's gender or sexual orientation. Yes! Theatre and politics!
As for the show itself. I don't know if I can really express how much this experience has meant to me. Suffice to say that I am very deeply affected by it. I now have a more pressing understanding of the importance of taking responsibility as a culture for the negative events in our history and the importance of using that history to inform our cultural changes. I believe we can and will make this world a safer, better informed and more loving world for all of us.
If you're near a reading tomorrow night go see Laramie Ten Years Later.
These are some photographs from today's rehearsal.
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