I’ve been keeping myself from writing this blog entry because it’s my last Laramie assignment and it puts a level of finality that I’m only just letting myself feel. I cried every night of this show, and in most rehearsals. Instead of boring y’all with my emotions (they are many) about this show, I thought […]
Author: spp12@duke.edu
“And it was so good to be with people who felt like shit.”
The Laramie moments are microcosms of all of our lives. Amongst the cast, we joke constantly that there is literally a line from the play that can go with any conversation. But today, the truth of this play was felt by many of us. Rehearsal went great, but also went beyond just smoothing out the […]
Queer History: The Losses that Bind Us
Summer Puente During week one of rehearsals, my most influential teacher and mentor from my youth came out to me as having AIDS. The exchange I had with him shaped the way I read Laramie and the way I was able to engage in class. I could feel myself becoming more withdrawn—hearing about hate crimes […]
