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2010 Census data and LGBT Wyomingites

June 23, 2011July 1, 2011 Jules Odendahl-James Leave a comment Dramaturg blog

This news comes courtesy of friend-of-production, blogger Pam Spaulding, who will be shifting her blog over the next few weeks to a new home at Firedoglake. Today, the Williams Institute released new Census Snapshot: 2010 Reports: 125,516 same-sex couples were counted in California, 33,602 in Pennsylvania, 3,352 in Delaware, 6,176 in Kansas, and 1,147 in […]

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Conjouring Laramie

March 18, 2011March 19, 2011 Jules Odendahl-James Leave a comment Dramaturg blog

We moved into the theater this week and spent rehearsals getting a feel for our stage space and adding the 100+ costume pieces and small props that will allow a cast of 13 to transform into and out of 60+ characters. Needless to say, much of our time has been consumed with what piece of […]

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Speaking Laramie

February 28, 2011 Jules Odendahl-James 1 Comment Dramaturg blog

Last week, Kimi sent an link to the International Dialects of English Archive site, which has a sound file of a Laramie native telling a story to give a sense of tone, timbre, and general accent colors of a Wyoming speaker. I thought I’d do a little more digging to see what else might be […]

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Doubting Moises

February 19, 2011March 13, 2011 Jules Odendahl-James Leave a comment Dramaturg blog

In the wake of what I think was an eye-opening session with Maude Mitchell this week, I wanted to start this post with a quote that seemed to sum-up my feelings about our conversation and what to do with this immense bank of knowledge about the events chronicled in Laramie, the text’s creation process, and […]

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  • Student Posts (54)

LGBT Links

  • Blue Devils United
  • 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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