The Laramie Project

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Author: nar9@duke.edu

Audience Participation

April 25, 2011 nar9@duke.edu 2 Comments Student Posts

One of the major design elements for our production of The Laramie Project was stadium seating, the audience sat on two sides of the playing space and, never fully in darkness, watched each other as they watched the show.  I believe the concept came from an AIDS play that Jeff saw in the 1980’s in […]

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Moment: Magnitude

March 28, 2011 nar9@duke.edu 3 Comments Student Posts

When I came back to my room after callbacks in September, I remember feeling like I had totally bombed my audition.  I was incredibly impressed with the strength of the choices that the other actors at the callback had made and incredibly underwhelmed with my own performance.  My nerves had gotten the best of me […]

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Creativity at its Best

February 27, 2011 nar9@duke.edu 1 Comment Student Posts

Naomi Riemer Laramie makes me think.  The process, the script, the individuals I am privileged to be working with.  It all makes me think.  I left our session with Maude Mitchell last week and couldn’t get over how much my mind was blown.  My brain was moving so fast, interpreting our questions, her answers, doubting […]

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LGBT Links

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  • Duke's Center for LGBT Life
  • Equality NC
  • LGBT Center of Raleigh, NC
  • Library of Congress LGBT Pride Month site
  • Pam's House Blend
  • The Laramie Project Online Community
  • The Matthew Shepard Foundation
  • The Trevor Project
  • UNC's LGBTQ Student Resource Center

Other Dramaturgy Sites

  • Grapes of Wrath student dramaturg's blog
  • Paradise Hotel student blog
  • Student Dramaturgs Blog @ Arizona Repertory Theatre
  • Student dramaturgy blog @ Emerson
  • Student dramaturgy blog @ Emerson
  • The Great Immensity student blog

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