Deaf Austin Theatre is currently presenting the first-every professional production of 'The Laramie Project' in American Sign Language.
A transcript of KUT's on-air audio feature appears below this article.. The groundbreaking play, a work of verbatim theatre based on the 1998 murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming, has been produced countess times since its publication in 2000, but until now there’s never been a professional production in American Sign Language.
, says the play’s message is an important one to share right now, especially with the deaf community. “The problem is, in society, the deaf community is often behind on information… due to language access or lack thereof” she says. “Sowas published in 1998 and at that time, the hearing community was really aware of what was going on.
. I have to get into that head space in order to portray that character. And that is still an ongoing journey as an actor.” Dameron has some hopes for what the audience will take away after seeing this production of The Laramie Project. “I really want the audience to understand how important it is to have honest and open dialogues – conversations about everything, particularly related to queerness, to that leads to understanding,” he says. “The whole goal is – and I feel like it applies to all things --people don't understand.
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