The Laramie Project subsequently opened Off-Broadway at The Union Square Theatre (Alan J. Schuster and Margaret Cotter, Managing Directors) in New York City on May 18, 2000. It was produced by Roy Gabay and Tectonic Theater Project in association with Gayle Francis and the Araca Group; Associate Producers Mara Isaacs and Hart Sharp Entertainment. It was directed by Moisés Kaufman; the set design was by Robert Brill; the lighting design was by Betsy Adams; the original music was by Peter Golub; the video and slides were by Martha Swetzoff; the costume design was by Moe Schell; the assistant director was Leigh Fondakowski; and the project advisor was Stephen Wangh. The cast was as follows:

Stephen Belber: Himself, Doc O’Connor, Matt Galloway, Anonymous Friend of Aaron McKinney, Bill McKinney, Andrew Gomez, Fred Phelps, Mormon Spiritual Advisor, Conrad Miller, Narrator, Ensemble.

Amanda Gronich: Herself, Eileen Engen (Act One), Marge Murray, Baptist Minister, Trish Steger, Shadow, Newsperson, Narrator, Ensemble.

Mercedes Herrero: Reggie Fluty, Rebecca Hilliker, Waitress, Newsperson, Narrator, Ensemble.

John McAdams: Moisés Kaufman, Philip Dubois (Act One), Stephen Mead Johnson, Murdock Cooper, Jon Peacock, Dennis Shepard, Harry Woods, Narrator, Ensemble.

Andy Paris: Himself, Jedadiah Schultz, Doug Laws, Dr. Cantway, Matt Mickelson, Russell Henderson, Aaron McKinney, Philip Dubois (Act Two), Kerry Drake, Narrator, Ensemble.

Greg Pierotti: Himself, Sgt. Hing, Phil LaBrie, Father Roger Schmit, Rulon Stacey, Detective Sgt. Rob DeBree, Jonas Slonaker, Narrator, Ensemble.

Barbara Pitts: Herself, Catherine Connolly, April Silva, Zubaida Ula, Sherry Aenonson, Lucy Thompson, Eileen Engen (Act Two), Narrator, Ensemble.

Kelli Simpkins: Leigh Fondakowski, Zackie Salmon, Alison Sears, Romaine Patterson, Aaron Kreifels, Tiffany Edwards, Narrator, Ensemble.

CHARACTERS

Sherry Aanenson—Russell Henderson’s landlord, in her forties.

Anonymous—Friend of Aaron McKinney, in his twenties; works for the railroad.

Bailiff

Baptist minister—Originally from Texas, in his fifties.

Baptist minister’s wife—In her late forties.

Stephen Belber—Member of Tectonic Theater Project.

Dr. Cantway—Emergency room doctor at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie, in his fifties.

Catherine Connolly—Out lesbian professor at the university, in her forties.

Murdock Cooper—Rancher, in his fifties; resident of Centennial, a nearby town.

Rob DeBree—Detective sergeant for the Albany County Sheriff’s Department, in his forties; chief investigator of Matthew’s murder.

Kerry Drake—Reporter with the Casper Star-Tribune, in his forties.

Philip Dubois—President of the University of Wyoming, in his forties.

Tiffany Edwards—Local reporter, in her twenties.

E-mail writer

Gil and Eileen Engen—Ranchers; he is in his sixties; she is in her fifties.

Reggie Fluty—The policewoman who responded to the 911 call and discovered Matthew at the fence, in her late thirties.

Leigh Fondakowski—Member of Tectonic Theater Project.

Matt Galloway—Bartender at the Fireside, in his twenties; student at the University of Wyoming.

Governor Jim Geringer—Republican governor of Wyoming, forty-five years old.

Andrew Gomez—Latino from Laramie, in his twenties.

Amanda Gronich—Member of Tectonic Theater Project.

Russell Henderson—One of the perpetrators, twenty-one years old.