ESTABLISHED BY MEMBERS OF THE DRAMATISTS: GUILD OF THE AUTHORS’ LEAGUE OF AMERICA 2 for the nv HANDLING OF THE ACTING RIGHTS: ‘OF MEMBERS! PLAYS aid ‘YHE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE THE LARAMIE PROJECT sy MOISES KAUFMAN AND THE MEMBERS oF TECTONIC ‘THEATER PROJECT * DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE INC.Dedicated to the people of Laramie, Wyoming and to Matthew ShepardACKNOWLEDGMENTS nd Moisés Kaufman yutions to The Laramie Michael Emers James Asher, Dave McKen Harding for their participation at different stages of the play's development. tlty and staff of Catherine Connolly and her family, Rob DeBree, 1y Edwards, Reggie and Mike Fluty and their ‘Matt Galloway, Susanna Goodin, Larry and Carolyne Rebecea Hilliker and Rich Nelson, Stephen Mead Beth Loffreda, Bob McKee, Beat and Jeri Mickelson, Jeffrey Montgomery, Garrett yy Renna, Zackie ins and gave us 's ofthis play were written there. ‘Theatre Workshop for icipate immer retreat at Dartmouth, where even more ‘written. Dominick Balleta and Performance Associates for their guidance and work on our behalf: Lynne Soffer and Walton ‘Wilson for their excellence. In Denver, Donovan Marl ‘Wiger and everyone at om jucing the World Premiere of The Laramie Project. They ona play that was very much in progress —in fact ih act — and gave us a home to finish i For their courageous support of the development of the play, we he Rockefeller Foundation, Rob Marx Isaacs, Hank Unges, Mike Rego, i Rego, John Hi sion and nowhow to bring The Laramie Project to the New York stage. ivan, for their generous and unwavering sup- iit wonderful atten: nade The Laramie Project Castillejo, Randall Kent Cohn, Gino Micha Megan ‘Spooner, A ‘Theater Company, Access 9AUTHOR'S NOTE by Moisés Kaufman Project was writcen + Project. Di Laramie, a small ws up from +h me to further organize and edit bo: duct ade of the play. This group was led by Leigh Stephen Belber and Greg Pier idakowski as Head Associate Writers. st production id Greg Pier \dakowski co 1en Wangh, who by then had ach coach.” 10 INTRODUCTION by Moisés Kaufman Aer al, not create only, or found ons perbaps from afer what is already forded, focus. At these junceur ing and di By paying careful artention in moments like this to one is able to hear the way these prevailing ideas the culture at large peopl affece not only indi ils of Oscar Wilde were such an event. When I read the which they illurnin: see not only a com happened that night tening to the citizens talk really interested me. How is Laramie different from the rest of the country and how is ie si uder, T posed the question to my company, ject: What can we as theatre artists do as a ‘And, more concretely: Is theatre a medium ideas, about ourselves. heatre compan ‘hat they saw and heard to create a play 1 Street Scen in eyewitness demonst took place.” Hle goes on. | model. The ject, both in 10 build a theory about his ‘essay gave me an idea about its aesthetic vocal Wyoming, to coll material for a play. Liede did we know that we w years of our lives to this project. We returned the next year and a half and conducted over 1wo “This play opened in Denver at the Denver Center Theater in | February 2000. Then ie moved co the The Union Square Theatre in New York City in May 2000. And in November 2000 we took: the play to Laramie. 2 | 1BPROJECT received its wor the Denver Center Theatre Company Theater Project (Moisés LaHoste, Managing Direc 19, 2000. Ic was directed by by Robert Bri ighting design was by Betsy Adams; d ic was by Peter Gol sound design was by Breitenbach; the video and slides were by Martha Swetzoff; costume design was by Moe Sch rector was Leigh kowsld; and the project advisor was Stephen Wangh. Stephen Belber — Himself, Doc O'Connor, M: ‘Anonymous Friend of Aaron: McKinney, Bil ‘Andrew Gomez, Fred Phelps, Mormon Spit ; Bs jeen Engen (ACT ONE), Marge ‘Steger, Shadow, Newsperson, cor, Ens Mercedes Hlerrero — Reggie Fi ‘Newsperson, Narrator, Ensemble, John McAdams — Moisés Kaufman, I en Mead Johnson, Murdoc Rebecca Hilliker, Waitress, Dubois (ACT ONE), Rulon Stacey, ‘Narrator, Ensemble. ‘Catherine Connolly, April Silva, Lucy Thompson, Bileen Engen (ACT fh Fondakowski, Zackie Salmon, Alison iffany Edwards, 4 | | | | | Managing duced by Roy Gabay and Tectonic The Gayle Francis and the Araca G the set design was by Rober ‘Adams; the otiginal musie was by Peter Go were by Martha Swetzofl the costume design was by Moe S rector was Leigh Fondakowski; and the project advisor was Stephen Baber — His ‘Anonymous Friend 0 ‘Andrew Gomez, Fred Conrad Gronich — Herself, Eileen Bi : Trish get Shadow, Newsperson, Rebecca Hillikes, Waitress, — Reggie Newsperson, Narrator, Es Joln McAdams M Step Dennis Shepard, H: Andy Paris — Himself Je ickelson, Rus TWO), Kerry Drake, Ni ~ Himself, Sgt. Hing, Phil LaBrie, Father Roger Rulon Stacey, Detective Sgt. Rob DeBree, Jonas Slonaker, Narrator, Ensemble. Barbara Pitts — Herself, Cat i Ula, Sherry Aenonson, Lucy Thompson, Eileen Engen (ACT TWO), Narrator, Ensemble. Kelli Simpkins — Leigh Fondakowski, Zackie Salmon, Sears, Romaine Patterton, Aaron Kreifels, Tiffany Edwards, Narrator, Ensemble‘THE LARAMIE PROJECT CHARACTERS AARON KREIFELS — University student. 19 years old AARON MCKINNEY — One of the ‘ALISON MEARS — Voluncee fora soci ‘good frend of Marge Murray. AMANDA GRONICH — M ANDREW GOMEZ — Latino fret ANDY PARIS — Member of Tectonic Theater P [ANONYMOUS FRIEND OF AARON MCKINNEY'S — 20s, Works for the railroad APRIL SILVA — Bisexual university student, 19 years old. BAILIFF BAPTIST MINISTER — Originally ftom Texas. 505. BARBARA PITTS — Member of Tectonic Theater Project. BILL MCKINNEY — Father of Aaron MeKinney. 40s. Truck driver. CAL RERUCHA — Prosecuting attorney. 50s. CATHERINE CONNOLLY — Out lesbian profesor atthe university. 40s, CONRAD MILLER — Car mechanic. 30s DENNIS SHEPARD — Father of Matthew Shepard. 40s, Wyoming native. DOC O'CONNOR — Limousine driver and local entrepreneus. 50s DR. CANTWAY — Emergency room doctor at Ivinson Memor Hospital in Laramie. 50s. DOUG LAWS — Stake Ecclesiastical leader for the Mormon church in Laramie, 50s, A professor at the University of Wyoming. EMAIL SENDER FATHER ROGER SCHMIT — Catholic Priest. 40s. Very outspoken. GILAND EILEEN ENGEN — Ranchers. He sin his 60s, she isin her 50s. GOVERNOR JIM GERINGER — Republican Governor. 45 years old GREG PIEROTTI — Member of Tectonic Theater Project. HARRY WOODS — Gay Laramie resident. 52 years old JEDADIAH SCHULTZ — University student. 19 years old. JEFFREY LOCKWOOD — Laramie resident. 40s. JEN — Friend of Aaron McKinney. In her eatly 20s. JON PEACOCK — Matthew Shepard academicadviser. Late 30s. Political science professor JONAS SLONAKER — Gay man. 40s JURORS AND FOREPERSON 16 KERRY DRAKE — Reporter with the Caspar Star Tribune. 40s. KRISTIN PRICE — Gidlfriend of Aaron McKinney. 20s. Tennessee LEIGH FONDAKOWSKI — Member of Tectonic Theater Pro LUCY THOMPSON — Grandmother of Rusell Henderson. 60s. Working- dass woman who provided a popular day-care sevice forthe town, MARGE MURRAY — Reggie’ mother. 70s. She has had emphysema for many years but continues to smoke, MATT GALLOWAY — Bartender at The Fireside Bar. 20s. Scudent at the University of Wyoming, MATT MICKELSON — Owner of The Fireside. 30s MEDIA/NEWSPAPER PEOPLE MERCEDES HERRERO— Member of Tectonic Theater Project. MOISES KAUFMAN — Member of Teetonie Theater Project. MORMON HOME TEACHER TO RUSSELL HENDERSON — 60s MURDOCK COOPER — Rancher. 50s. Resident of Centennial, a nearby town. PHIL LABRIE — A fiend of Matthew Shepard. Late 20s. Eastern European accent. PHILIP DUBOIS — President of the Uni PRIEST AT THE FUNERAL REBECCA HILLIKER — Head of the theater department at the Univesity of Wyoming, 40s. Midwestern accent. REGGIE FLUTY — The policewoman who responded to the 911 call and discovered Mathew atthe fence. 40s. REVEREND FRED PHELPS — Minister from Kansas. 60s. ROB DEBREE — Detective Sg. forthe Albany County Sherif’ depart- ment. 40s. Chief investigator for the Matthew Shepard murder. ROMAINE PATTERSON — Lesbian. 21 years old RULON STACEY — CEO Poudee Valley Hospital in Fort Collin, Colorado. 40s. Mormon. RUSSELL HENDERSON — One of the perpetrators. 19 yeats old department. 40s, sity of Wyoming. 40s. SHERRY AANENSON — SHERRY JOHNSON — Administrative assistant at the University. 40s. ‘STEPHEN BELBER — Member of Tectonic Theater Project. STEPHEN MEAD JOHNSON — Unitarian minister 50s 7FFANY EDWARDS — Local reporter. 20s TRISH STEGER — Romaine’ sister. 40s, TWO JUDGES WAITRESS — Looks like Debbie Reynolds. ZACKIE SALMON — Administrator at the University of Wyoming 40, Texas acc! 1A ULA — Mu woman in Laramie. 20s. NOTE: When a characters name is not given (eg, “Friend of Aaron “McKinney,” "Baptist Minister,” tc), it sat the person’ request. TIME 1998-1999. PLACE Laramie, Wyoming, USA. 18 ABOUT THE STAGING The set is a performance space. There are a few tables and chairs. Costumes and props are always visible. The basic costumes are the ‘company of actors. Costumes to portray the peo- ple of Laramie should be simpler ashi, a par of pases, «hat ‘The desire is to suggest, nor recreate. Along the same lines, play should be an actor-driven event. Costume changes, ser changes and anything else ch be done by the company of actors. ABOUT THE TEXT ‘When writing this play, we used a technique I developed called “moment work lesa method to create and analyze theater fom a structuralist (or “tectonic") perspective. For that reason, there are no “scenes” in this play, only “moments.” A “moment” does not mean a change of locale, or an entrance or exit of actors or char- acters. It is simply a unit of theatrical time, which is then juxta- posed with other units to convey meaning. 19THE LARAMIE PROJECT ACT ONE MOMENT: A DEFINITION two hundred i from those interviews, as well as from journ of the company and other found texts. Company member Greg, Pierott. GREG PIEROTTI. My first interview was wit Seigeant Hing of the Laramie Police Department. At the interview he was sitting behind his desk, sittings this (He transforms into Sgt. Hing.) Twas born and raised here, My uh, third generation. ‘My grandparents moved here We've had basically three, w generation. Quite awhi of space. ‘Now all the towns rad came throug! could go before having to refuel and re-water. a good place to live. Good people — lots are laid out and spacedREBECCA HILLIKER. There's so much space between people and towns here, so much time for reflection. NARRATOR. Rebecca Hilliket, head of the theater department at the University of Wyoming REBECCA HILLIKER. You have an opportunity to be happy in your life here. I found that people here were nicer than in the Midwest, whete I used to teach, because they were happy. were glad che sun was shining, And it shines a lot here. SGT. HING. What you have is, you have your tional-type ranchers, they've been here forever — Laramie's been the hub of where they come for their supplies and stuff EILEEN ENGEN. Stewardship is one thing taught us. NARRATOR. Eileen Engen, rancher, EILEEN ENGEN. If you don't take care of the land, then you ruin itand you lose your living. So you frst ofall have to take care of your land and do everything you can to improve it. DOC O'CONNOR. [ove ie here NARRATOR. Doc O'Connor, limousine driver. DOC O'CONNOR. You couldn't put me back in that mess out there back East. Best thing about it is the climate. The cold, the wind. They say the Wyoming wind'll drive a man insane. But you know what? Ie don't bother me. Well, some of the times it bothers me. But most of the time it dont. SGT. HING. And then you got uh, the university population. PHILIP DUBOIS. I moved here after living in a couple of big NARRATOR. Ph Wyoming, PHILIP DUBOIS. 1 loved it there. But you'd have to be out of your mind to let your kids out after dark. And here, in the mertime, my kids play out at night till eleven o'clock and I do: think twice about it SGT. HING. And then you have the people wh basically. ZACKIE SALMON. I moved here from rural Texas. NARRATOR. Zackie Salmon, Laramie resident. ZACKIE SALMON. Now, in Laramie, if you don't know 2 per- ce that. ip Dubois, president of the University of live in Laramie, 22 son, you will definitely know someone they know. So it can only be one degree removed at most. And for me — I love it! I mean, 1 love to go to the grocery store ‘cause I get to four or five ot six people every time I go. And I dont real people knowing my business — ‘cause whae’s my business? I mean, my business is basica \, 100. They donit bother me but most times they don. Even though one goes by’ inutes out where [live NARRATOR. Doc actualy lives up in Bossler. But everybody in Laramie knows him. He's also not really a doctor. DOC O'CONNOR. They used to carry catde ... them trains. Now all they carry is diapers and cars. APRIL SILVA. I grew up in Cody, Wyoming, NARRATOR. April APRIL SILVA. Larami SGT. HING. Its a good place to live. Good people, lots of space. Now, when the incident happened with that boy, a lot of press people came here. And one time some of them followed me out to the crime scene. And uh, well, it was a beautiful day, absolutely gorgeous day, real clear and crisp and the sky was that blue tha th... you know, you'll never be able to paint, it’ just sky blue — its just gorgeous. And the mountains in the background and de snow on ‘em, and this one reporter, uh, lady ... person, was out there, she said REPORTER. “Well, who found the boy, who was out here any- way? SGT. HING. And I said, “Well, chis is a realy popular area for people to run and mountain bilking’s really big out here, horseback Tiding, is just, well, is close to town.” And she looked at me and she said: REPORTER, “Who in the hell would want to run out here?” SGT. HING. And I'm thinking, “Lady, you're just missing the point.” You knovs all you got to do is turn around, see the moun- tains, smell the ait, listen to the birds, just take in what's around you. And they were just — nothing but the story. I didn't feel judged, I felt that they were stupid. They're, they'te missing the point — they're just missing the whole point. 23JEDADIAH SCHULTZ. If you would h would have cold you, Laramie is a beau ‘enough that you ave your own identity ... A strong, sense of community — everyone knows everyone ... A town with a ped of. We've become Waco, we've become Jasper. a sign. We may be able to get rid of that but it will sure take awhile. MOMENT: JOURNAL ENTRIES NARRATOR. Journal entries — members of the company. Andy Patis. ANDY PARIS. Moisés called saying he had an idea for of going out to Lar wanted me to come. Bi prying inco a town's unrav NARRATOR. Amanda Gronich. AMANDA GRONICH. real incerese in like chi my NARRATOR. Moisés MOISES KAUFMAN. ‘The company has agreed that we should go to Laramie for a week and interview people. ‘Am 2 bit afaid about taking ten people in a trip of this nature. Muse make some safety rules, No one works alone. Everyone car- rics cell phones. Have made some preliminary contacts with 24 Rebecca Hilliker, head of the theater department at the Univer of Wyoming, She is hosting a party for us our frst night in Laramie and has promised ro introduce us to possible interviewees. MOMENT: REBECCA HILLIKER you first called me, vweanted to say yor he stomach. Why are you doing this to me? had so much negative closure on this whole thing. And the stu- dents really need to talk. When this happened they started talking ia descended and all dialogue stopped. love my students because they are free ce what they have to say, and you ey can be very redneck, but ‘an excitement here, ny students thac I never had when I was the Midwest or in North Dakota, because there, there was 50 such Puritanism tha dictated how people looked atthe world that a lot of times they 25MOMENT: ANGELS IN AMERICA. s ng my whole life The family has been in Wyoming well ... for generations. Now when ie came time to go to college, my parents can't — couldn't afford to send me to college. I wanted to study theater. And I knew a xe I was going to have to get on a scholarship — and so uh they Wyoming state high-school compet place in uh duets that I wa to the theater department of the univer 1d T asked one of the professors, 1 was ike, “Here you go, this is sonna get a scholarship. So looking for good need —Tneed ‘And ie was from Angels in America. So Tread icand I knew enough job. And when the time J my mom and dad so that they come to the competition. Now you have to understand, my go to everything — every ballgame, every hockey game — everything I've ever done. ‘And they brought me into their room and old m that they would not come to see me in the com red that itis wong — that homosexuality tT could win best scene if I did a good see thei to that poi decided to do it competition is that when re came up to each other ‘And that’s how come because of that scene. It And my parents weren't ce me do, I think, why did I'd n not gay. So why di guess che only Tan give is that well T wanted to win. Ie was such a good scene; it was ‘Do you know Mr. Kushner? Maybe you can tell him, MOMENT: JOURNAL ENTRIES GREG PIEROTTI. We arrived today in the De drove to Laramie — The moment we crossed d a herd of buffalo. Also, sign sside ‘WYOMING — LIKE NO PLACE ON ‘Wyoming bor- houghe i was strange GREG PIEROTTI. Instead of WYOMING — LIKE NO LACE ELSE ON EARTH. RRATOR. Company member Leigh Fondakows! LEIGH FONDAKOWSKI. cat. And my waitress said co me: my name is Debbie. I was born in 1954 and ie Reynolds was big then, so yes, there are alot of us around, ou if you leave your elbows on the for a bite to ried to explain to me chicken fried steak was. ‘Wyoming? Or are you just pass- WAITRESS.we passed d heated pool or cable TV are usually touted, it s NOT A LARAMIE VALUE. NARRATOR. Greg Pierott MOMENT: ALISON AND MARGE. GREG PIEROTTI. I met today with two long-time 1 1 Laramie used to be like when ‘Marge was growing u ie was mostly rural MARGE MURRAY. Yeah, icwas. I enjoyed it, you know. My kids all all cogethers, do the he nobody could see me. Ai 28 could build a complete engine. MARGE MURRAY. They did. My mom worked th: GREG PIEROTTI. Your mom worked in a roun MARGE MURRAY. Yep. She washed engines. Her name was finnie. We used to, you know, sing that song for her. You know ng, GREG PIEROTTI. What song? MARGE MURRAY. “Run for the roundhouse. Minnie. They can't comer you there.” (Tey crack up.) ALISON MEARS. But I jobs. I mean, the University h g is bad in erm of whoop-dee-doo jobs not don't get educated. That’ why I told you before my kids had because cheir mother was a bartender. Never mind T was damn bartender in town. ALISON MEARS. University, wed GREG PIEROTTI. WI me just ask you — what was your res Matthew Shepard? MARGE MURRAY. We now depa ‘As far as the gay issue, I dor other as long as they don't bother me. And even if they 29attitude of most of the Lar if they were in a bar situation they might actually smack one 1eyd just walk away. Most of 'em said :” and whistle on about say no thank you. And that population. They might poke you know, they had been but then ‘ALISON MEARS. Ta say that Marge probably kno except she's even respect MARGE MURRAY. Well, uh, where are you going with this ory? GREG PIEROTTI. Oh veell, we s we've d, we are going to try to MARGE MURRAY. Okay, then, there are parts I wor MOMENT: MATTHEW TRISH STEGER. Matt used to come into my shop — Lknew him. ‘ANDY PARIS. Mate le guy, abo tops. They say he weighed a hundred hey also said he was five-five pers, ‘man he was real fone, So he walks up the window — I'm gonna try and go in steps 30 rer understand the principle of this man. So he .dow, and I say, “Are you Matthew Shepard?” feah, I'm Matthew so you can walks up to the TRISH STEGER. I d& person ever tell about anothei Romaine. She was a very cl ROMAINE PATTERSON. We never called him Matthew actu- Twas working. And if someone just sit there and stare a¢ them, side to him ... I mean, really wanted to get into pé that's all his big crest was, was watching CNN and MSNBC, I mean, that jon I ever saw his TV tuned into. He was just really smart in political affairs, but not too smart on like common sense things So, he moves to Laramie to go to school. JON PEACOCK. Marthew was very shy when he first came in, NARRATOR. Jon Peacock, Matthew Shepard's academic adviser. 31JON PEACOCK. To the point of being somewhat mousy, I'd almost say. He was having some difficulties adjusting, but this was home for him and he made that quite clear. And, so his mous ness, his shyness gave way to a person who was excited about th track that he was going to embark on. He was just figuring out wanting to work on human rights, how he was going to do that. ‘And when that happens this person begins to bloom alitde bit. He was starting to say, “Wows, there are opportunities here. There are things I can do in this world. T can be important. ROMAINE PATTERSON. I did hear from Matthew about forcy-cight hours before his attack. And he told me that he had cd the gay and lesbian group on campus, and he said he was joying it. You know, he was getting ready for Pride Week and T mean, he was totally stoked about school — yeah, he ally happy about being there. JON PEACOCK. And in retrospect and I can only say this in ret- rospect, of course, I think thats where he was heading, towards human rights. Which only adds to the irony and tragedy of this. MOMENT: WHO'S GETTING WHAT? DOC O'CONNOR. Let me tell you something else here, TI more gay people in Wyoming than meets the eye. I know T for a fact. They're not particulatly, ah, the whatta you call chem, the queens, the gay people, queens, you know, run around faggot type people. No, they're the ones that throw bail, h: horses, brand ‘em and kick ass, you see what I'm sayin always say, don’t fuck with a Wyoming queer, ‘cause they you in your fucking ass, but that’s not the point of what I'm try- ing to say, ’Cause I know a lot of gay people in Wyoming. I know a lot of people period. I've been lived up here some forty-odd ‘years, you see what I'm saying? ‘And I dont think Wyoming people give a damn one way or another if you're gay or straight, that’s just what I just said, doesn’t matter. If there’ eight men and one woman in a Wyoming bar 32 which is often the case, now you stop and think — who's getting what? You see what I'm saying? Now jeez it dont take a big in ligent mind to figure that one out. MOMENT: EASIER SAID THAN DONE CATHERINE CONNOLLY. My understa came here NARRATOR. Catherine Connol CATHERINE CONNOLLY. biian or gay faculty member on thae wasn’t chat long ago. Um, 1 was asked at my interview what my husband did, um, and so I came out then ... Do you want a funny story? When you first get ber, there's these things you have to do. And so, I was in my office and I c this woman called ... I was expecting, you know, it hone call, something like that, and so T called her back. And I could hear her. She's working on her key- 1g away —I said, you know, “This is Cathy Connolly 1g when T yh. Tes you.” And T thought, “TI Thear —I hear you're gay. I hear you are.” I was like, “Uh hub.” And she said, “I hear you came as a couple. I'm one too. Not a couple, just a per And so — she was — a kind of lesbian who knew I was com- id she wanted to come aver and meet me immediately. And fer told me that there were other lesbians that she knew who wouldnt be seen with me. That I would irreparably taint chem, that just co be seen with me could be a problem. JONAS SLONAKER. When I came here I knew it was going to be hard as a gay man. NARRATOR. Jonas Slonaker, JONAS SLONAKER. Bur I kept telling myself, people should live where they want to live. And there would be times I would to go down to Denver and I would go to gay bars and, um, people 33id Td say, “Laramie, Wyoming.” yy men down there from Wyoming, So many gay id they'e like, this is nota place where I ce there, Thad to get out, err, ges, gert here would be a guy, “Oh gosh, I miss there, that’s where I want to live. if that’s where you agine if more gay people stayed small towns ... But its easier said than done, of course. MOMENT: JOURNAL ENTRIES MOISES KAUFMAN. Today we are moving from our motel and heading for the Bese Western NARRATOR. Moisés Kaufman. MOISES KAUFMAN. My hope is that it is a better Western. NARRATOR. Amanda Gronich AMANDA GRONICH. Today we divided up different churches in the community. Moisés and I were given a Baptist Church. We were welcomed into the services by the Reverend himself standing at the entrance to the chapel. This is what I ‘sermon that morning. MOMENT: THE WORD BAPTIST MINISTER. My dear brothers and sisters. Iam here today to bring you the Word of the Lord. Now, I have a truth that I tell co my colleagues and I'm gonna tel i to yo qT is either sufficient or lion or six billion years old — afterall, what’ or take, The Bible tells me that human history is 6,000 years old. 34 “The word is either sufficient or itis no STEPHEN MEAD JOHNSON. Ah, the sociology of rel the West NARRATOR. Stephen Mead Johnson, Ur STEPHEN MEAD JOHNSON. Dominant religious traditions n this town. Baptist, Mormon — they're everywhere, it’s not just Sale Lake, you know, they're all over — they/te like jam on toast down here. DOUG LAWS. The Mormon Church has a litle different thing going that irritates some folks. NARRATOR. Doug Laws, Stake Ecclesiastical Leader for the Church. LAWS. And chat is that we absolutely believe ¢ ian Minister. sve that the proj to receive inspiration and revelation from God. STEPHEN MEAD JOHNSON. So, the spectrum would be — uh, on the left side of that panel, so far lef chat I am probably sit- ting by myself, is me — and che Unitarian Church, Unitarians are s, many of whom are atheists, I mean — , you know, we're not even right on the spectrum, to his credit, Father Roger, who is well established here, and God bless him ‘equivocate at all when this happened — he hosted the vi Matthew that night. FATHER ROGER SCHMIT. know, when we did the vi involved and we called some of them, an get involved. And it was like, “We are gonna stand back land sce which way the wind is blowing,” And that angered me immensely. We are supposed to stand out as leaders. 1 thought, “Wow, what's going on here?" DOUG LAWS. God has see boundaries. And one of our respon- tolearn. What isi that God wants? So you study scrip- ture, you look to your leaders. Then you know what the bounds are, Now once you kinda know what the bounds ate, then you sorta geta feel for what's out of bounds jolted because, you ‘co get other mi they were not 35There is @ proclamation that ca is defined as one wornan and one man and children. That's a fam- Thats abou as cleat a you can sate fe Theres no wv de he Morman Church. No — no leniency. We of bounds. BAPTIST MINISTER. I warn you, you will be mocked! You be ridiculed for che si i be your guide. Ics in there. I's re STEPHEN MEAD JOHNSON. The Christian pastor the conservative ones, were silent on this. Conservative Christians Bible to show the rest of the world it says here in the Bible, And most Americans believe, and they do, that the Bible is the word of God, and how you gonna fight that? oon the Family. A family STEPHEN MEAD JOHNSON. I arrived in Lata September fifteenth, I looked around — tumbleweed, tory — and said, “What in the hell am I doing in Wyoming?” Three’ weeks later, I found out what the he Wyoming. MOMENT: A SCARF STEPHEN BELBER. I had breakfast this University student named Zubsida Ula. She isan Is who likes to do things her own way. ZUBAIDA ULA. I've lived in Laramie since I was four. Ye patents are from Bangladesh. Two years ago, because I'm Mu: I decided to start wearing a scarf. That's really changed my life in Laramie. Yeah. = Like people say things to me like, “Why do you have to wear head? Like when I go to the grocery store, I'm ‘what I mean? So 1g with a mie Feminise chat worst part ‘cuz they'll be “ienow ite pare af your eligi, ine of phy y standing, there with my pop and chips? You I mean? STEPHEN BELBER. Yeah. ZUBAIDA ULA. You know ('s so unreal to me that, yeah, that ip from New York would be writing a play about Laramie. you're gonna be in a play about my id you're gonna be age ‘And then I was picturing town. You'e gonna be onstage in New York acting like you're us. That's so weird. MOMENT: LIFESTYLE 1 MINISTER'S WIFE. Hello? AMANDA GRONICH. Yes, hello. My name is Amanda Gronich and [am here in Laramie working with a theater company. I went your husband's church on Sunday, and T was ing with the Reverend about some of his choughts about recent MINISTER'S WIFE. Wi ws about 7 ity — he doesn't con- ie that kind of violence. But he doesn't condone that kind of lifestyle, you know what I mean? And he was just bombarded with press after this happened and the media has been just terrible about this whole thing, AMANDA GRONICH. Ob, I know, I really understand, Tt must have just been rerible. MINISTER'S WIFE. Oh, yes, I think we are all hoping this just goes away. AMANDA GRONICH. tum do you think maybe I could ‘all back and speak with your husband just briefly? MINISTER'S WIFE. Well, all right you can call him back he at nine o'clock (NDA.GRONICH. Oh, thank you so much. I'll do that.MOMENT: THE FIRESIDE STEPHEN BELBER. Today Barbara a Bar, which is the last place Mat BARBARA PITTS. The b Sti crowd. STEPHEN BELBER. First person we talked to was Matt Mickelson, the owner. MATT MICKELSON. My great-great grandfather moved here 1862, He owned Laramie’ first opera house. It was called Old firse and that’s w Wyoming is the Equality State, so what I want to do is reestal ry bar business as Old Blue Front Opera House and Good Time Emporium. You know, I want to have a restaurant. I want to have to have a pool hall and do shit, you ’s ladies night So the Fireside is the first step towards the Old Blue Front Opera house and Good Time Empocium, BARBARA PITTS. So, what about the night Matthew Shepard was here? MATT MICKELSON. We had karaoke that night, ewet people here — Matthew Shepard came i e you're sitting, just hanging out ... I mean, ff you wanna talk somebody, you should talk to Mart Galloway. He was the kid that that night. You'd have to meet him. His character s for itself. (Calling) HEY, IS GALLOWAY BARTENDING, TONIGHT? MATT GALLOWAY. Okay. I'm gonna make this brief, quick, get ie over with, but it will be everything — factual. Just the fact. T went to the Fireside definitely feels th a couple of pool tables and a stage area for karaoke nigh. Few regulars in the late afternoon were hardly the college ty — Matthew Shepard shows up — alone, sits dow orders a Heineken, 38 NARRATOR. Phil Labrie, friend of Matthew PHIL LABRIE. Matt liked to drink Heineken an Heineken even though you have to pay nine-fifty for a six pack. Held always buy the same beer. MATT GALLOWAY. So what can I tell you about Matt? ce him id be the — the Okay? And nothing to do with ms. Manners. erfect bar I've ever been ion. Um, abs ligence. “Taking care of re, asin tips. Everything — conversation, an cut. Some people you just ss down, k you,” — offers intellect, you know, within — theit vocabulary. kicks it there. Didn't seem to have any wo ne. Just enjoy his drink and ch , eleven-thircy — eleven forty-five, Aaron McKinney and Russell Hender did know chis names then, but theyre the acused, Theyre the pexps, they're the accused. They walked in, just very stone-faced, you know. Dirty. Grungy. Rude. “Gimme.” That ype of ‘They walked up to the bar, uh, and as you know, paid fora with dimes and quarters, ont forget that. Five-fifty in dimes and quarters. int nightmare. Now Henderson and McKinney — they didn't seem intoxifi- cated at all. They came in — they just ordered a beer, took jem back there into the poolroom, and kept to ing I knew, probably a half hour later, they ing around — no beer. And I remember think- yself char I'm not gonna ask ehem if they want another ecause obviously they just paid for a pitcher wit sand quarters, I have a real good feeling they don't have any more NARRATOR. Romaine Patton. ROMAINE PATTERSON. Mone; because he ear wallet in two seconds — because m mn come in —I meant nothing to Matthew, would like hand over his, xy meant nothing, His — 39shoes — might have meant something. They c: bery ... I dontt buy it. For even an iota of a sec MATT GALLOWAY. Then a few moments later I looked over and Aaron and Russell had been calking to Mat KRISTIN PRICE. Aaron said that a guy wal said chat he was gay and wanted to get with Aaron NARRATOR Kristin Price, gielfriend of Aaron McKinney KRISTIN PRICE. And that he got aggravated with it and told hhim that he was stright and didn‘e want anything to do and walked off. He said that is when he and Russell went to the bathroom and decided to pretend they were gay and get him in the teuck and rob hi MATT GALLOWAY. Okay, no. They stared that Mate ipproached them, that he came onto them. { absolutely, positively isbclieve and refute the statement one hundred percent. Refuce it gonna give you two reasons why. One. Character reference. Why would he approach them? ‘Why them? He wasn't approaching anybody else in the bar. They say he’s gay, he was 2 flaming gay, he's gonna come on to people shit. He never came on to me. Hello??? He came on to them? I don't believe it. ‘Two, Territorialism. Is — is — is the word I will use for th ‘And that’s the fact chat Mace was siting there. Russell and Aaron were in the pool area. Upon their first interaction, they were in Matt’ area, in the area that Matt had been seen all night. So who approached who by that? ROMAINE PATTERSON. But Matthew was the kind of person ike, he would never not alle 0 someone started He never ‘ANYBODY. PHIL LABRIE. Matt did feel lonely a lot of times. Me knowing wing how gullible Mate could be ... he would he into it. The fact that he was at the without any friends made him that mi MATT GALLOWAY. So che only thi fying to — ‘cause you wieness in this case, ub. ly. the key eye- 1 T'm testifying is, (Pause) Basically wi that T saw Matthew leave. [ saw two individuals leave with Matthew. I didn't see their faces, but I saw the back of their heads, At the same time, McKinney and Henderson were no longer around. You do the math. MATT MICKELSON. Accu to talc co him on his way out chat ni ig. His name is Shadow. son that Matt talked to before he left think the DJ Cs gave ima cigarette oF SHADOW. I was the lat che Fireside ... Twas just stop; stopped him a da da da, and I was like Het like, “Yeah mé two guys and they stood outside. ‘They were standing there, you know, and he was looking over t0 m, and they were lookin’ back at him. And I stood and talked to Mate for like a good ten minutes and you seen the guys with him, you seen ‘em getting lke, you seen ‘em like worried, like, you low, ansious ro leave an shit So when they tok of scent when they took off. It was in a black truck, it was small cruck, and the three of them sat in the front seat and Matt sat in the middle. ‘And I didnt think nothin’ of it, you knows. I didnt figure them guys was gonna be like that. MOMENT: MCKINNEY AND HENDERSON NARRATOR. A friend of Aaron McKinney. ANONYMOUS. Oh, I've known Aaron a long time. 1 good kid. I liked Aaron 2 lot. That's why I was shocked when I heard this. I'm like ... I know he was, he wa his eri started dating last as they started dating, you know, ‘cause they had a kid. He was only cwenty-one years old, but he was running around with a kid You see chat’ the kinda person Aaron was, just like he always dressed in like big clothes, you know like, in like Tommy * 4he was just a young kid is wanted 0 fit in, you know, act know, you could get in his Face abou to, you know, he cting cool, but it and he would back d NARRATOR. Sherry Aanenson. SHERRY AANENSON. Russell was just so sweet. He was the cone who was the Eagle Scout. I mean his whole presence was quiet and sweet. So, of course, it doesn’t make sense to 1 know people snap and whatever and relationship. I was just his landlord. I did work » Chuck Wagon too. And I remember like at the hhe was just totally drunk out of his mind, like we all were pretty ‘much just party party time ... And he wasnt belligerent. He didnt it change. He was st T remember him coming up to me and say “When you get a chance Sherry, can T have a dance?” Which we id get around to doing that, but .... Now I just im, you know, what were you thinking? What were you this STEPHEN MEAD JOHNSON. fence — I've been out there four times. I've taken visitors. That place has become a pil- agrimage site. Clearly that’s a very powerful personal experience to go out there. It is so stark and so empty and you cant help but kof Matchew there for eighteen hours in neasly freezing tem- peratures, with that view up there isolated, and, the “God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" comes to mind. NARRATOR. Company Member Greg Pierotti GREG PIEROTTL brie, a friend of Matthew’, took us to the fence this morning. I broke down the minute I touched it. I feel such 2 strong kinship with this young man. On the way back, T made sure that no one saw me crying. 42 He's the boy who think Pm up for it interview this afterno found Matthew our there at the fence. 1 do ight now. I'll see if someone else can do it MOMENT: FINDING MATTHEW SHEPARD AARON KREIFELS. Well I, uh, I took off on my bicycle about five o'clock ret. on Wednesday from my dorm. T just kinda fele ke going for a ride. So I — I went up to the top of Cactus Canyon, and I'm not super familiar wich that area, so on my way back down, did know where was going. Twas ju icking the h now ... it just makes me God ante m because theres no way that Twas oing to go that senso was in some deep as sand, and I wanted to turn around — but for some reason, [kept going. And, uh, I went along, And this rock on the — on the ground — and I just drilled — over the handlebars and ended up on the ground. th, I got up, and I was just kind of dusting myself off, and Iwas looking around and I noticed something — which ended to be Matt, and he was just lying there by a fence, and { —I just thoughe ie was a scarecrow. I ws ke, Halloween’ coming up thought it was a Halloween gag, so I didn think much of it, so a fund the fence that wa there. It was a hair "Cause I just choughe ic was ad noticed — I even noticed the chest thought ic was a dummy, you knovt. thoughe it was just like kind of mechanism. But when I saw hair, wel So ... I ran to the nearest I knew ic was juse and — I just ran as fast as 1 4“REGGIE FLUTY. I responded to the cal NARRATOR. Officer Reggie Flury REGGIE FLUTY. When I got there, the first — ae frst the only could see was partially somebody’s feet and I got out of my vehicle and raced over — I seen what appeared to be a young man, thireeen, fourteen years old, because he was so tiny, laying on his back and he was tied to the bottom end of a pole. 1 did the best I could. The gentleman that was lay ground, Matthew Shepard, he was covered in dry blood head. There was dry blood underneath him and he was barely breathing ... he was doing the best he cou 1 was going to breath for him and I coul. open — his mouth woulda’: open for me. He was covered in, like I said, partially dry blood and blood all over his head — the only place that he did not have any blood on him, on his face, was what appeared to be where he had been on the over hi ie get his mouth crying down Hlis head it did not look normal — he looked as ad wound. DR. CANTWAY. Iwas working the emergency room the Matthew Shepard was brought in. I don’t think, that any of us, a, can remember seeing a patient in that condi abig city hos- thing you expect here. ind of injuries to come from a car going down a hill at eighty miles an hour. You expect ties from something like that — this horrendous, terrible thing. Ah, but you dont expect to see that from someone doing this to another person. The AARON there was anything that I c done it, but there ‘And I, I was at the top of my lungs at him, trying to get something outa him ions ad Like, “Hey, wake up!” “HELLO!” 44 But he ¢ REGGIE F thumbs ous in what we calla coulf people. He was bound wit around the bowom of the ground rope. It went up off the n Matthew any f DR. CANTWAY. Your first thought is ... well certain co think that it’s somebody from out of rown, that comes through and beats somebody. I mean, things like this happen, you know, shit happens, and it happens in Laramie. Buc if there's been some. body who has been beaten repeatedly, a sis some- thing thac offends us. I chink that’s 2 good word. It offends us! REGGIE FLUTY. He was bound so tight — I finally got the knife chrough there — I'm sorry — we side — when we did that he quic breathing, Immediately, 1 him back on his back — and that was just enough of an ment — it gave me enough room to cut T seen the EMS. ambulance got there back board and scooted drove the ambulance to Ivinson Hos DR CANTWAY, Now, the strange ching is, twenty before Matthew came in, Aaron McKinney was brought in by girlfriend. Now I guess he had gotten into a fight later on that ight back in cown, so I am workin’ on Aaron and the ambulance comes in with Mathew. Now at this point I don't know that theres a connection — at all, So I tell Aaron to wait and I go and treat Matthew. So there's Aaron in one room of the ER and Matthew in another room two doors down. Now as soon as we saw Matthew ... It was very obvious that his care was beyond our capabilities. Called the neurosurgeon at Poudre Valley, and he was on the road in an hout and fifteen min- utes, I think. REGGIE FLUTY. They showed mea picture .... days later I saw 454 picture of Matthew... T would have never recognized him. DR. CANTWAY. Then two days later I found out the connection and I was ... very ... strucki!l They were «wo kids!!! They were both my patients and they were two kids. I took care of both of them ... of both their bodies. And... fora brief moment I won- dered if this is how God feels when he looks down at us. How we ate all his kids ... Our bodies ... Our souls .. And I felt a great deal of compassion ... for both of them End of Act One 46 ACT TWO MOMENT: A LARAMIE MAN NARRATOR. This is Jon Peacock, Matthew's academic adviser JON PEACOCK. Weil, the news reports started trickling out on day, but no names were mentioned. The brutality of the was mentioned was that there was a man, L beaten, out on the prairie bas cally, Later 0 5 tioned his name. Iewas like that cant, thas not che Matthew Shepard I know. That's not my student. That's nor this person who I've been meeting, with. ROMAINE PATTERSON. I was NARRATOR. Romaine Patterson. ROMAINE PATTERSON. And someone pulled me aside and know much, but they say that theres been a young man beaten in Laramie. And they said his name was Matthew Shepard.” And he said, “Do you think this could be our Matthew?” And I said, “Well, yeah, it sounds like it could be our the coffee shop. Matthew.” So I called up my sister Trish and I said, “Tell me what you know.” I'm just like — “I need to know anything you. know because I don’t know anything.” ‘TRISH STEGER. So I'm talking to my sister on the phone and that’s when the whole story came up on Channel 5 news and it was just like “baboom.” JON PEACOCK. And the news report University of Wyoming student, his age, “Oh my God.” ‘TRISH STEGER. And, uh ... (Pause.) I — I felt sick to my ict just instantly sick to my stomach. And I had to tell Romaine, “Yes, it was Matthew. It was your friend. tell you what is kept roll is description, i's like,overwhelmin NARRATOR. Mate Galloway MATT GALLOWAY. Friday morning I first find out about it. go to class, walk out, “boom” there it is — in the Branding Iron So immediately I drive to the nearest newsstand, buy a Laramie Boomerang ‘cause 1 y before I can even open the paper, my MATT MICKELSON. “i MATT GALLOWAY. Tn MATT MICKELSON. “Was he in the bar MATT GALLOWAY. I go, “Yes, yes he wa MATT MICKELSON. “You've got to get down to now. Weve gor co talk about this. We've got to discuss wl to go on. JON PEACOCK. By this time, I was starting to get upset, but still che severity wasn't out yet RULON STACEY, Te was Thussdayafernoon NARRATOR. Rulon Stacey at Poudre Valley Hos RULON STACEY. T got a call. “We ju ‘Wyoming and it looks like he 2 couple of newspaper reporters here asking q s0, we agreed that we needed one spokesperson. As CEO, do that and we'll ry and gather all the information that we can ROMAINE PATTERSON. And then I watched the ten o'clock the nature and ime, he says: id you hear about what happened?” like, “Yeah.” the seriousness of ie MATT GALLOWAY. So I'm on the phone wit he’ like: MATT MICKELSON. We need to go to the arraignment so we can jdentify these guys and make sure these guys were in the bat MATT GALLOWAY. So we go to the arraignment. Michelson and 48 MOMENT: THE ESSENTIAL FACTS NEWSPERSON. Our focus today curns to Laramie, Wyoming, and the Albany County Courthouse, where Aaron James McKinney and Russell Arthur Henderson are being charged for the bratal beating of Matthew Shepard, a gay University of ‘Wyoming student CATHERINE CONNOLLY. The arraignment was on Friday. «. And I said, “I'm just going,” I just took 3 street. So I wal ‘went. Has anybody told you about the arraignment? ‘There were probably about a hundred people fiom town and probably as many news media by that point. A lor more of the details had come out. The fact that the perpetrators were kids ids, chat everyone who's from around here has I think, petrators walked in. And what happened — there's 2 the room at this ‘They walked in in their complete orange jumpsuits and their shacldes, and you could have heard a pin drop. Tc was incredibly solemn. T mean, lots of people were teary at that point. Then the judge 2 teading — there was a reading of the evidence that the prosecution has and — ies just a— it’s a statement facts and the reading of the facts wa: JUDGE, The essential facts are that the defendants, Aaron James and McKinney and Russell Arthur Henderson, mec Matthew Shepard at the Fiteside Bar, and after Mr. Shepard confided he was the subjects deceived Mr. Shepard into leaving with them in vehicle to a remote arca. Upon arrival at said area, both su to a bucke fence, robbed him, tortured th defendants were later contacted by officers of the Laramie Police Department who observed inside the cab of their pickup, a ctedic card and a pair of black patent leather shoes belonging to the victim, Matthew Shepard. (The Judge goes sotto came in and d 49to later burglarize his home. CATHERINE CONNOLLY. I don't think there was any person Who was left in that couctroom who wasr’t erying at the end of it lasted — five minutes, but it kept on getting more and fic, ending with MOMENT: LIVE AND LET LIVE NARRATOR. Sergeant Hing SGT. HING. How could this happen? I~ I think a lot of peo- ple just don’t understand, and even I dont really understand, how ere ea do a aie have one of the most oe lations of gay people in the state ... And it’s pretty mmuch' Ue and leclie ee NARRATOR. Laramie resident Jeffrey Lockwood. JEFFREY LOCKWOOD. My secret hope was that they were from somewhere else, that then of course you can create that dis- tance. We don't grow children like that here. Well its pretty clear that we do grow childre 5 _ CATHERINE CONNOLLY. So that was the arraignment and my response — was pretty catatonic — not sleeping, not eating. Donit — you know, dont leave me alone right now. JONBEACOCK. More and more deals cme in about the sher rutality, um, motivations, how this happened. And then quite frankly che media descended and there was no time to tellect on it anymore, MOMENT: THE GEM CITY OF THE PLAINS Many newspeople enter the stage followed by technical crews canying veo camens, micrapbones and medi light. The neuspeople begin t9 speak into the ca tcension montors enter the space — few in from aboue the light grid. In the monitors, 0 Sie ‘feed the neuspeople onstage as well as ather media images. The reporter’ texts overlap to create «kind of media cacophony. This moment should feel like an invasion and should be so perceived by the other actors onstage. NEWSPERSON # ie, Wyoming — often called the “gem city of the plains” is now at the eye of the storm. (Enter Newsperson #2 — Newsperson #1 goes soto voce.) The cowboy state has its rednecks and yahoos, for sure, but there are no more bigots per capica in Wyoming than ther New York, Florida or California. The difference is chat in Wyoming there are fewer places to blend in if you'te anything other than praitie stock NEWSPERSON #2. Aaron McKinney and his friend Russell Henderson came from the poor side of town. (Enter Newsperson #3 — Newsperson #2 goes sotto voce.) Both were from broken he and as teenagers had had run-ins with the law. They lived in trailer parks and scratched out a living working at fast-food restaurants and fixing roofs WSPERSON #3. As a gay co sariaades toward gay “Wyoming’s hometo AYSPER what hap. NEWSPERSON #4. People would like to think pened to Matthew was an exception to the rule, but it was an ‘extreme version of what happens in our schools on 2 daily basis, (The voices and sounds have escalated toa high pitch. And the last text sue hear is:) 51NEWSPERSON #1. It’s a to kev, and as his f (These reporters eo the next texts.) JON PEACOCK. It was huge. Yeah. It was herds and — and wete t indreds of reporters which makes a huge dent in this town’s population. There's reporters everywhere, news trucks everywhere on campus, in the town. And we're not used to that type of attent with, Were not used to thar type of exposure. NARRATOR, Tiffany Edward reporter, TIFFANY EDWARDS. These people are predators. Like this one journalist actually \e bat ns. And the judge wa lease have some privacy?” And the j isked for privacy. I me how journalism started, like the Gutenberg Press, you know. DOC O'CONNOR. Pl tell you what, when Hardcopy came and taped me, T taped them at the exact same time. I have every word Tever said on tape, so if they ever do anything funny they better watch their fuckin’ ass. NEWSPERSON. Wyoming Governor ji up for relection. OR GERINGER. Tam outraged and sickened by the rime commited on Matthew Shepard. I extend my most yathies to the fami NEWSPERSON. Governor, y lation in the past. GOVERNOR GERINGER. I would like ro urge the people of ‘Wyoming against overreacting in a way that gives one group “spe- cial rights over others.” We will wait and see if the vicious beating and toreure of ‘Matthew Shepard was motivated by hate. SGT. HING. You've got the beginning of the news story where they have the graphics in the background, and theyve got, Wyoming,” and Wyoming's dripping red like ivs got something, and it’ like wh: alism. And ... we're here going, yh business, as Matt Shepard know, to be gay in cowboy country. inue speaking ineo the cameras cotto voce over Geringer, a first-term GOVEI ct havent pushed hate crime legis- in less than a day, I think thats pretty damn good. is 0 be more or less maligned. Engen. EILEEN ENGEN, That we're not a good community and we are — the majority of people here are good people. GIL ENGEN. You git bad apples once in a while. And I that the gay community cook this as an advantage, said this is a good time for us 10 ex} NEWSPERSON. Bi BILL MCKINNEY. Had this been 2 heteroses decided to take out and rob, th national news. Now my son is guilty before he's even had TIFFANY EDWARDS. Look, I do think that, um, the me actually made people accountable. Because they made people think, Because people were sitting in their homes, like watching TV and ig to CNN and watching Dan Rather and going, “Jesus 1ot how it is here.” Well, how is it here? (cKinney, father of one of the accused, hese two boys made the st, well chat’ MOMENT: MEDICAL UPDATE NARRATOR. Matthew Shepard medical update at three RM., Saturday, Ocrober tenth. RULON STACEY. By this point, I looked out there and where there had been ewo or three reporters... it must have been ten of fifteen still photographers, another twenty or thirty reporters and ten video cameras. The parents had just arrived. I had barely duced myself to them. I looked out there and I thoug gosh. What am I going to do?” (He croses to the area where the Teporters are gathered with their cameras. As be arrives, several cam cra flashes go off: He speaks straight into the camera. We see his image ton the monitors around the stage.) RULON STACEY. Matthew Shepard was admitted in critical dition approximately nine-fifteen M., October seventh. en he arrived, he was unresponsive and breathing support was being provided. 53Matthew's major injuries upon arrival consisted of hypother- mia and a fracture from behind his head to just in front of the has caused bleeding in the brain, as well as pressure re were also several lacer Matthew's temperature has fluctuated over the last ewenty- four hours, ranging from 98 to 106 degrees We have had diff culty controlling his temperature. ‘Matthew's parents arrived at seven RM., October are now at his bed side. The following is a statement fi speedy recovery. We appreciate your prayers and good will, and wwe know that they are something Matthew would appreciate, too. "We also have a special request for the members of the media, Matthew is very much in need of his family at this time, and we ask that you respect our privacy, as well as Matthew's so we can concentrate all of our efforts, thoughts and love on our son. “Thank you very much, MOMENT: SEEING MATTHEW NARRATOR, Both Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson pled not guilty to charges. Their girlfriends, Chasity Pasley and Kcicn Price alo pled not guilty afer being charged vs sccetores afer the fact. On our next trip, we spoke with the chief investigat- ing officer on the case, Detective Rob DeBree of the Albany County Sheriff's Depart ROB DEBREE. I guess the thing that bothered me the most was when I went down to Poudre Valley where Matthew was and the 1g that bothered me the 1 ing him, touching him. As mide devectve, you look a bodies. This poor Boy i se Gs bere Bang trying to make it. I wanted it s0 by found him. NARRATOR. Aaron Kreifels. AARON KREIFELS. And its not pleasant whatsoever. I don't ‘want it to be there. I wanna like get it out. That’ the biggest part for me is seeing that picture in my head. And it’ kind of unbe- lievable to me, you know, that — I happened to be the person ig, question with ce with ce why did God wane ME to find CATHERINE CONNOLLY. I know how to take care of myself, ed and I was irrationally ter NARRATOR. Catherine y CATHERINE CONNOLLY. So whar that means is, not letting, my twelve-year-old son walk the streets, seeing a truck do a U-turn and thinking its coming after me. Having to stop because I'm shaking so bad. And in fact, the pick-up truck did not come after ime, but my reaction was to have my heart in my mouth. MATT GALLOWAY. Ultimately, no matter how you dice it, I ave an opportunity. NARRATOR. Matt Galloway. MATT GALLOWAY. If I had — amazing hindsight of 20/20 — to have stopped — what occurred ... and I keep thinkin’, “I shoulda noticed. These guys shouldn't a been talking to this guy. Ishoulda not had my head down when I was washing dishes for those twenty seconds.” Things I coulda done. What the hell was 1 thinking? ROB DEBREE. So you do a lot of studying, you spend hours and urs and hours. You study and study and study ... talking to the o making sure they understand, talk to your witnesses again, and then always coming back to— I get this flash of seeing Marchew ... I wanted i so tight that there was no way that they ‘were gonna get out of this. REGGIE FLUTY. One of the things that happened when I got to the fence NARRATOR. Reggie Fluty REGGIE FLUTY. Te was just such an overwh blood ... and we try to wear protective gloves, but we had a really cheap Sheriffat the time, and he bought us shit gloves, you knox you pat’em.on, you put ‘cm on, and they kept breaking, so final amount ofyou know. So, you figure, wel ‘ou know, that’s what your mind te so you just keep moving and you try to help Matthew and find an airway and you know, that's what you do, you know. MARGE MURRAY, The thing I wast’t telling you before is that Reggie is my daughter. NARRATOR. Marge Murray MARGE MURRAY. And when she first told me she wanted to be a police officer, well, I thought there was nor a better choice for het. She could handle whatever came her way REGGIE FLUTY. Probably a day and a balf later, che hospital called me and told me Matthew had HIV. And the doctor s “You've been exposed, and you've had a bad exposut you see, Pi been — been building — building a, uh, because -t0 for ‘my llamas and my hands had a bunch of open cuts on ‘em, so I was kinda screwed, (She laughs.) you know, and you think, “Ob shoot,” you know. like to talle about losing sleep? to the doctor okay, what do Ido? And they said, “Get up here.” So, I got up there and we started the ATZ [sic] drugs. Immediately. MARGE MURRAY. Now they told me that’s a medication that if is administered thirty-six hours after youlve been exposed ... it ‘can maybe stop your getting the disease REGGIE FLUTY. That isa sty medicine, Mean. I've lost ten pounds and a lot of my hai MARGE MURRAY, And quite frankly I wanted to lash out at somebody. Not at Matthews, please unde , not one of us was mad at Macthew. But we maybe wanted to squeeze McKinney’ head off And I think about Henderson. And, you know, two absolucely human beings eause so much grief for so many people Te has been terrible for my whole family, bur mostly for her and het Kids REGGIE FLUTY. I chink it brough mom does for a living MARGE MURRAY. Well, Reggie, you know what I'm gonna tell 1¢ to my girls what 56 REGGIE FLUTY. A said che same damn thing. MARGE MURRAY. You're quitting this damn job! REGGIE FLUTY. And irs just a parent thing, you know, and they'e terribly proud of you. 0 a good job whether it's handling a drunk or bai case like this, but youre, you know, they don't want you getting hurt — MARGE MURRAY. Like said, chere’s a right w: and then there's Reggie's way. REGGIE FLUTY. $0 finally I said, “Oh, for God's sak Francis!” MARGE MURRAY. You are so stubborn! REGGIE FLUTY. They say I'm stubborn and I dont believe them, but I just chink, you know, okay I've heard your opinion and now here's mine, Vim thirty-nine years old, you know, what are they gonna do, spank me? MARGE MURRAY. Reggie, dont give me any ideas REGGIE FLUTY. Ied look pretty funny. You know, what can they say? MARGE MURRAY. I just hope she doesn'e go before me. I just couldn't handle that parents, cold me, you know, they both wrong way, ighten up, MOMENT: E-MAIL NARRATOR. University of W) President Philip Dubois, PHILIP DUBOIS. We statement on the Denver divecely, and said: EMAIL WRITER. person — who read of the beating of Matthew ked the other way are guilty of the deaths of the Gypsies and the homosexuals. You have caught your childeen co hate their sisters you acknowledge that Matt Shepard's beating is not just a random occurrence, not just the work of a couple of 7ospital web site received clos n visitors from across the country and around ages of vigils taking place around the country) MOMENT: MEDICAL UPDATE ulon Stacey is in front of the camera. We see him on the monitor MOMENT: LIVE AND LET LIVE and speaking in religious intended it to happen. Bi Tm not going to persecute them not gonna be getting in the way becween me and the other person at al CONRAD MILLER. Wel is okay and yada yada, yada preached in schools that being gay doesn't bother anybody be they know damn wel wi 59ZACKIE SALMON. Yes, asa lesbian I was mote concemed for my safety NARRATOR. Zackie Salmon. leave you alone. NARRATOR. Jonas Slonaker. in some of the Western to: IF don’t tell you I'm a fag, you won't beat the crap out of me. I mean, whats so great about that? That's 2 great philosophy? MOMENT: IT HAPPENED HERE ZUBAIDA ULA. We went to the candle vigil NARRATOR. Zubaida Ula ZUBAIDA ULA. And it was so good to be with people who fele like shie. I kept feeling bad, you know? And someone got up there and said uh —he said um, blah ah blah blah and chen he said, I'm saying it wrong, but basi- he said, c'mon guys, lee’ show the world that Laramie is not this kind of a town. But itis that kind of a town. If it wasnt this kind of a town, why did this happen here? I mean, you know what ‘Because it happened here. So how could happens? 2, its just tora ‘And we have tom wwe live in a town, a state, a et san, these are people trying to distance themselves from this crime. And we need to own this crime. ! feel. Everyone needs to MOMENT: SHANNON AND JEN STEPHEN BELBER. L was ac the Fireside Bar one afternoon and two friends of Aaron McKinney, Shannon and Jen. (To knew Aaron well, right? When I first found out, 1 thoughe i was really really awful. I don't know whether Aaron was fucked up or whether he was coming down or what, but Matthew y. Shit, he had better clothes than I did. Matthew was a JEN. You shouldn' eal him a rich bitch, though, thae’s not right. SHANNON. Well, 'm not saying he’ a bad guy either, because hhe was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, said the wrong. things. And I don’t know. I wont lie to you, there was times that I sas all messed up on meth and I thought about going out and rob- bing. I mean, I never did. Bus, yeah i was there. It's easy money. JEN. Aaron's done thae thing before. They've both done it.I know cone nighe they went to Cheyenne to go do it and they came back th probably $300. I don't know if they ever chose like g: ple as their particular targets before, but anyone that looked like they had a loc of money and that was, you know, ‘mumber, of overpower (Patse.) was fair game. STEPHEN BELBER. Do you think there was any homophobia is that contributed to some of it? y would of pissed him off that Matthew ce — the gay people that I've seen him as you know, they didn‘ hie on gas it didn't come up. SHANNON. As long as they weren't doing it in front of him. STEPHEN BELBER. Do you get the impression that he knew other gay people? 6SHANNON. I'm sure that he knew people that are gay. I mean, hhe worked up at KFC and there was a couple people up there that — yeah. (He laughs.) And Pm not saying or anything, ‘cause I don't know, half the people I know her SHANNON. First of weak. JEN. IFT saw Aaron now, Td be hae d you fuck up like But, Pd wane to make sure he's doing good in there. Buc Pm he is, though. Td probably just want to like hang out with him, IANNON. Smoke a bowl with him. JEN. I bet he wanes one so bad. STEPHEN BELBER. You guys both went to Laramie High? SHANNON. Yeah, Cantt you tell? We're a product of our society MOMENT: HOMECOMING NEWSPERSON. On a day that is traditionally given over to nothing more profound than collegiate exuberance and the for- tunes of the University of Wyoming football team, this community oon the high plains had a different kind of homecoming Saturday, as many searched their souls in the wake ofa vicious, apparent anti- ‘gy hate er NARRATOR. University Pres Dubois PHILIP DUBOIS. This was Homecoming weekend. There were alot of people in town, and there's a homecoming parade that was scheduled and then the students organized to tag onto the back of ic — you know, behind the banner supporting Matt, and every- body wearing the armbands that the students had created HARRY WOODS. in the center of town, NARRATOR. Harry Woods. HARRY WOODS. And my apartment has windows on two oppo- site strets. One goes north and one goes south, And that is exactly the Homecoming Parade route. Now, on the day of the parade, 1 2 because of a fall. So I was very di walk with the people that wete marching 0 I watched from my window. And it was... twas just y-two years old and I'm gay. Thave lived here for many years and I've seen alot. And I was very moved when Law the tag on the end of the Homecoming Parade. About a hu ted people walking behind a Banner for Matthew Shepard, So then the Parade went down to the end of the block to make a U-turn and I went to the other side of my apartment to wait for it to come south down the other street. MATT GALLOWAY. I was right up in front there where they were holding the banner for Matthew, and lec me tell you ... I've ad goose bumps so long i Ie was incredible. A ss of people. Families — mothers holding their six-year-old kids, tying these arm bands around these six-year-old kids and try- ing to explain to them why they should wear an armband. Just » i€ was absolutely one of the most — beautiful had a east on my le because I really want for Matthew. But I cou! enough the parade started coming down the street. And then I noticed the most incredible thing ... as the parade came down the street ... the number of people walking for Matthew Shepard had grown five times. There were at least 500 people marching for Matthew. 500 people. Can you imagine? The tag at the end was get than the entire parade. And people kept joining in. And you iow what? I started to cry. Tears were stream And I thought. Thank God that I got to see ‘And my second thought was, “Thank you, Matthew. my lifetime. 63MOMENT: ONE OF OURS have been driving led him. Tt was just a litde piece paper, And weloscone of our guys. — You know, my husband worked with him. This man was 1 force. Buc I mean, here's one of outs, and it was id a lot of it is my feeling chat th yy Feeling that che media is portrayin Matthew Shepard as a saint. And making him as a matiye And don't think he was. I don’t think he was that pure. 7 Now, I didn't know hi character and spreading All ng the kind of person that he was, he was just a batly, self around. I chink he launced Everybody's got problems. Buc why they exemplific dont know. Whats the difference if youre gay? A ees bese ctime. Ifyou murder somebody you hate em. Iehas nothing to do with if you're gay or a prostitute or whatever. Tdontundersand dent undercand ‘And T think he pushed hi MOMENT: TWO QUEERS AND A CATHOLIC PRIEST NARRATOR. Company member Leigh Fondakowsk LEIGH FONDAKOWSKI. This is one of the last days on our second trip to Laramie. Greg and I have been conducting inter- views nonstop and we are exhausted. GREG PIEROTTI. We are co meet Father Roger at seven-thirty in the morning, I was wishing we could skip itall cogether, but we have co follow through to the end. So here we go. Seven-thirty ‘AM, two queers and a Catholic Priest. FATHER ROGER SCHMIT. Matthew Shepard has served us well. You realize that? He has served us well. And I do not mean to condemn Matthew to perfection, but I cannot mention anyone who has done more for this community than Matthew Shepard. “And I'm not gonna sit here and say, “I was just this bold guy — no fea.” I was scared — IL was very vocal in this community happened — and I thought, “You know, should we, Uh, should we call the bishop and ask him permission to do the vigil” And I was like, “Hell, no, I'm not going to do that.” His permission doesn't make ie correct, you realize that? And I'm not Knocking bishops, bue what is correct is correct. ‘You people are just out here on a search thous will cust you people that ify say it right, say it correct. I think you have a responsi dont — dont, um, (Pause.) dont nce is what they did to Matthew — they ice to Matthew — but, you know, every time chat you ate called a fag, or you are called 2, you know, a lez or whatever LEIGH FONDAKOWSKI. Ora dyke. FATHER ROGER SCHMIT. Dyke, yeah dyke. Do that is violence? That isthe seed of violence. And I would resent it immensely if you use anything T said, uh, you know, to — to somehow cultivate that kind of violence, even in ies smallest form wT would resent ic immensely. You need to know that. when Iwill do this, I that you (Pause) ‘to do that. 6LEIGH FONDAKOWSKI. T FATHER ROGER SCHMIT. Just deal wi know what is true. You need to do your best to say it correct. MOMENT: CHRISTMAS NARRATOR. Andrew Gomez ANDREW GOMEZ. I was in there. I was in jail wi December. I got thrown in over Christmas. Assault ts. I done wat Aaron in ‘ey homey, if tell me something, please, why did you —" Okay, I'm thinking how I worded thi, Iwas like "Why did you KILL a faggot if youte gonna be destined to BE a faggot lace” You know? mean think about it. He either gonna get humped a lot or he's gonna die. So why would you do Think about chat. Id Dee what he told me? Honest to God, this is what le tried to grab my dick.” That's what he said, 1 Fletdumb; dog, he dont even ac ike twas no iow I heard they was auctioning those boys off. Up there in the max ward, you know, where the killers go. I heard that when ison, they were auctio cigarettes,” Auction his ass off. I'd be seared to go to prison if | was, those wo boys. fer 66 MOMENT: LIFESTYLE 2 BAPTIST MINISTER. Hello. AMANDA GRONICH. Rev BAPTIST MINISTER. Yes, [AMANDA GRONICH. I believe your wife told you a bie about why 'm contacting you. BAPTIST MINISTER. Yes, she did. And let me t I dont know that I really want to talk to anyone about any of this incident — uh — am somewhat involved and I just dont chink. AMANDA GRONICH. Yes, I completely understand and I don't blame you. You know, I went to your service on Sunda BAPTIST MINISTER. You went to the services on Sunday? AMANDA GRONICH. Yes, I did. BAPTIST MINISTER. On Sunday? AMANDA GRONICH. Yes, this past Sunday. BAPTIST MINISTER. Did I meet you? AMANDA GRONICH. Yes, you welcomed me at che beginning, believe BAPTIST MINISTER. I sec. afraid co be controversial or to speak my mind and that is not nec- the views of my congregation, per se. Now as I said, Tam folved — that the people in the case — well, the gil- dis a member of our congregation, and one of the accused has visited. AMANDA GRONICH. Mmmmmm, BAPTIST MINISTER. Now, those two people, the accused, have forfeited their lives. Weve been after the two I mentioned for ages, trying to get them to live right, co do right, Now, one boy is on suicide watch and I am working with him — until they pue him will work for his salvation. you — uh — with them spiritually AMANDA GRONICH. Right, I understand. BAPTIST-MINISTER. Now, as for the victim, I know that that o7feseyleis legal, but I you one thing, I hope that Matthew Shepard as he was tied to that fence that he had time to reflect on 4 moment when someone had spoken the word of the Lord to him — and that before he slipped into a coma he had a ch reflect on his ifesty AMANDA GRONICH. Thank you, Reverend, I appreciate your speaking with me. (Rain begins to fall on stage.) MOMENT: THAT NIGHT RULON STACEY. About eleven-thirty that night, I had just barely gone to bed, andl Margo our chief operating officer called and said, “His blood pressure has started to drop.” "Well, let's wait and see.” She called me about ten after — he just died. So T quick got dressed and came in. And, uh, and — and went into the ICU where the family was and Judy came up and she put her arms around me and I put my arms around her and we just stood there — honestly, for about ten minutes just — ‘cause what else ‘we had to sit and talk about things that you just — i's now public knowledge ... And Fm gonna go out there now and tell the whole world that this has happened.” "Cause by this point it was clear to us that it was the world — it was the whole we And so Judy told me what she wanted me to say. And I went at four o'clock a.m. (Fe erases to she camera.) MOMENT: MEDICAL UPDATE NARRATOR. Matthew Shepard medical update for four-thirey A.M, Monday, October twelfeh RULON STACEY. (into the camera. We see him on the monitors.) 68 he on Monday, October cwelfth, Matthew cod pressure began to drop, We immed who were already at the hospic nity three AM. Matthew Shepard died, His family was at his bedside ly did release the following statement: 4 The family again asked me to express their sincerest gratitude to the entire world for the overwhelming response for their son. “The family was grateful chat they did not have to make a deci- sion regarding whether or not to continue life support for th son. Like a good son, he was caring to the end and removed or stress from the fami “Te ca ine the vod premature and left the world prema- se Matthew's mother said, “Go home, give your kids don't let a day go by withoue telling them that you love MOMENT: MAGNITUDE RULON STACEY. And — I don't know how I let that happen — Tost it on fo ike seveny-o hous senight and gone bo sleep for half an hour and had to get up and come in — aybe | was just way —I dont know — but (Paus,) of complete brain-deadness, while I was out there reading that statement I chought about my own four daughters — and go hhome hug your kids — (He begins to ory) and oh, she doesnt have 1g “This and then we started co get people sending us and lecters. And most of them were just generall I did get this one. This guy wrote me and said a baby on TV for ll of your patents or jas the faggos” And ax [told you before, homosexuality isnot lifestyle with which I agree. Um, but having been thrown into this. (Pause.) | guess 0didn’t understand the magnitude with which some people hate. ‘And of all the lecters that we got, there were maybe two or three that were like that. Most of them were, thank you for your car~ ing and compassion and Matthew had caring and compassion from the moment he got here. MOMENT: H-O-P-E cKinney, and this is what he had to say: DOC O'CONNOR. I'll tell you what, if they put those two boys to death, that would defear everything Matt would be chinking about on them. Because Matt would not wane those two to die. Held want to leave them wich hope. (Spelling.) H-O-P-E, Just like the whole world hoped that Matt would survive. The whole thing, he whole thing, ropes around hope, H-O-P-E. End of Act Two 70 A ‘THREE, The stage is now empty except for several chairs stage right They are all facing the audience and arranged in rows as if to suggest a church or courthouse. MOMENT: SNOW MATT GALLOWAY. The day of the funeral. It was snowing so bad, big huge wet snowflakes. And when I got there, there were thousands of people in just black, with umbrellas everywhere. And there were two churches — one for the immediate family, uh, invited guests, people of that nature, and then one chu ‘everybody else who wanted to be there. And then nef into either of the churches. And thurch, and that’s where these people there was a were. And this park was ful PRIEST: The licurgy today is an Easter litw ing in the resurrection. The service invites your PRIEST. The Lord be with you. PEOPLE. And also with you PRIEST. Let us pray TIFFANY EDWARDS. And I guess ie was like the worst storm that they have had. NARRATOR. Tiffany Edwards. TIFFANY. Like thac anybody could ever tel, like trees fell down and the power went out for a couple of days because of it and I just chought, “Its like the forces of the universe at work, you Know.” Whatever higher spirit you know is like that blows storms, swas blowin’ this storm. PRIEST. ur brother, Matthew, let us pray to our Lord Jesus Christ who said, “I am the Resurrection and the Life.” We pray to nthe Lord. PEOPLE, HEAR US LORD. PRIEST. (The Priese begins and goes into soto voce.) Lord, you who consoled Martha and Mary in their distress, draw near 0 us who ‘mourn for Marchew, and dry the tears of those who weep. We pray to the Lord. PEOPLE. HEAR US LORD. PRIEST. You wept at che grave of Lazarus, your friend. Comfort us in our sorrow. We pray to the Lord. PEOPLE. HEAR US LORD. PRIEST. You raised the dead to life. Give to out brother eternal jife. We pray to the Lord PEOPLE. HEAR US LORD. PRIEST. You promised paradise to the thief who repented; bring ‘our brother the joys of heaven. We pray to the Lord. PEOPLE. HEAR US LORD. PRIEST. He was nourished with your Body and Blood; geant him a place at the table in your heavenly kingdom. We pray to the Lord. PEOPLE, HEAR US LORD. PRIEST. Comfort us in our sorrows at the death of our brother; lec our faith be our consolation, and eternal life our hope. We pray to the Lord, KERRY DRAKE. My mose striking memory from the funeral NARRATOR. Kerry Drake, Casper Star Tribune. KERRY DRAKE. ... is seeing the Reverend Fred Phelps fron Kansas ... that scene go up in the park. REY. FRED PHELPS. Do you believe the Bible? Do you believe supposed t0 separate the precious from the vile? You dont believe dat part ofthe Bible? You stand over there ignorant of the fact that the Bible — two times for every verse it talks about God's love it talks about God's hate. (Reverend Fred Phelps continues sot voce.) KERRY DRAKE. A bunch of high-school kids who got out early 1gat some of these people in the protest ross the street you had peopl ing up for the Funeral remember a guy, I remember this skinhead coming over and he was dressed in leather and spikes everywhere and he came over from across the street where the 50 72 protest was and he came into the crowd and I just thought, oh this is gonna be a really ugly confrontation. But instead he came over nd he started leading them in amazing grace. (The people sing “Amazing Grace.") REV. FRED PHELPS. We wouldn't be her if this was just another murder the state was gonna deal with. The state deals with hundreds of murders every single day. Bue this murder is different, becaus fags are biinging us out here trying to make Marthew Shepard into a poster boy for the gay lifestyle. And were going to answer it. Ie’ just that simple. (Reverend Fred Phelps continues soto voce.) NARRATOR. Six months later, the company returned to Laramie for the trial of Russell Henderson, the frst of the two per- petrators. Tt was to be a capital murder trial. When we got to the se, Fred Phelps was already there. REV. FRED PHELPS. You don't like thac attribute of God. NARRATOR. But so was Romaine Patterson, REV, FRED PHELPS. hat perfect of attribute of God. Well, we love thae attribute of God and wee going to preach it. Because God's hatred is pure. Ie’s a determination — it's a determination thar he's gonna send some people to hell. That's God's hatred (Continues sotto voce.) We're standing here with God’ message. We'te standing here with God’s message. Is homosexuality — is being a fag okay? Whar do you mean its not for you to judge? IF God doesnt hate fags, why does he put ‘em in hel? .. You see the barrenness and sterility of your silly arguments when set over against some solid gospel truth? Bacren and sterile. Like your ifestyle. Your silly arguments, ROMAINE PATTERSON. Afer seeing Fred Phelps protesting at Matthews funeral and finding out that he was coming (0 Laramie for the wal of Russell Henderson I decided that someone needed to stand toe to toe with this guy and show the differences. And [ think at times like this when we're talking about hatred as much as the nation is right now, that someone needs to show, that there is a better way of des hat kind of hatred. So our idea isto dre Is. And so we have designed an angel outfit — for our wings are wings — and there'll be ten to twenty of us that are angels — and what we're gonna do is we're gonna encircle Phelps Fz)of our big wings — we are gonna COM-PLETE-LY block him So this big ass band of angels comes in. We don't say a fuckin” word. We just eurn our backs to him and we stand there ... And wwe are a group of people love and compassion Yeah, this ewenty-one-year-old lite lesbian is ready to walk the line with him, REY. FRED PHELPS. When those old preachers lid their hands ‘on me it’s called an ordi was from Isaiah 58:1 ry aloud. Spare not. Lift up thy voice like a trumpet and show my people their transgressions.” ROMAINE PATTERSON. And I knew that my angels were tof everything he had to yell and say. I blocking his view and he was gonna be Sol out and bought all my angels, car plugs. (Amazing Grace’ MOMENT: JURY SELECTION BAILIFF. The court isin session. (All stand.) NARRATOR. Romaine Patterson's sister, Trish Steger: ‘TRISH STEGER. As soon as they started jury selection, you know, everybody was coming into my shop with “I don't want to be on chis cial. I hope they don't call me.” Or, “Oh my God, I've been called. How do I get off” Just wanting to get as far away from it as they could ... very fearful thac they were going to have to be part of that jury ‘And then I heard ... Henderson had to sic in the courtroonr while they question the prospective jurors. And one of the questions hat they ask is. Would you be willing to put this person to death? ‘And I understand that a lot of the comments were, “Yes, 1 would.” JUROR. Yes, I would, your Honor JUROR. Yes, sir. JUROR. Absolutely JUROR. Yes, set (The jurors continue underneath.) JUROR. No problem. JUROR. Yep. ‘TRISH STEGER. Well can you imagine hearing that? You know, juror after juror after juror MOMENT: RUSSELL HENDERSON JUDGE. (‘Amazing Grace” begins again.) You entered 2 not guilty plea earlier, Mr. Henderson. But, I understand you wish to change your plea todays is that correct? RUSSELL HENDERSON. Yes, sr JUDGE. You understand, Ms. Henderson, that the recom- mended sentence here is two life sentences? RUSSELL HENDERSON. Yes, sit. JUDGE. Do you understand that those may run concurrently or they may run consecutively? RUSSELL HENDERSON. §Yes JUDGE. Mr. Henderson, T wi plead, guilty o nor guilty? now ask you how you wish to RUSSELL HENDERSON. Guilty. JUDGE. Before the coure decides whether he sentences will be ‘concurrent or consecutive, I understand that there are statements pain and suffering that Shepards have went through. We have prayed for your fami the very beginning. Many times throughout the day T have thoughe about Matt. And you will continue to be in our thoughts and prayers, as we know that your pai showed such mercy in allowing us 0 have this plea, and we are so grateful that you are giving us all the opporcunity to live, Your 75that you we know and love, we humbly plead, Your Honor, to not take Russell completely ‘out of our lives forever, JUDGE. Thank you. Mr. Henderson, you have a constitutional tight to make a statement if you would like to do so. Do you have anything you would like to say? RUSSELL HENDERSON. Yes, I would, Your Honor. Mr. and Mrs. Shepard, there is not a moment that goes by that I don't see ‘what happened that night. I know what I did was very wrong, and I regret greatly what T did. You have my greatest sympathy for what happened. I hope that on ‘wrong. I'm very sory for what I did, and I'm teady to pay my debt for whac I did JUDGE, Mr. Henderson, you drove the vehicle that « Matthew Shepard to his death. You bound him to that fence in coder that he might be more savagely beaten and in order that he might not escape to tell his tale. You lefe him out there for eight- cen hours, knowi I that he was there. Perhaps having an and you did nothing. Mr. Henderson, Court does not believe that you realy feel any teue remorse for your part in this matter. And I wonder whether you fully realize the gravity of what you've done. ‘The Court finds it appropriate, therefore, that sentence be ordered as follows: As to Count Three, that wurder with rob! imprisonment for the term of , kidnapping, that you serve a petiod of imprisonment for the term of your natura life. Sentencing for Count One to run consecutive to sentencing for Coune Three. NARRATOR. After the hearing, we spoke with Russell Henderson’ Mormon home teacher. RUSSELL HENDERSON'S MORMON HOME TEACHER. I've known Russel family for thirty-eight years. Russells only twenty-one so Tve known him his entire life. I ordained Russell a priest of Mormon church, so when this happened, you can imagine — disbelief +. After the sentencing ... the church held a disciplinary council and 76 the resule of that meeting was to excommunicate Russell from the church. And what that means is chat your name is taken off the records of the church, so you just disappear. reaction w that was noc posve. Ie hurt him and it m too to realize at that point how serious a transgression he had committed. Buc I wi and my friendship with the family. (All ext. Lights fade o bis grandmother and his home teacher) MOMENT: ANGELS IN AMERICA. NARRATOR. Before we left Laramie, we met again with Rebecca Hilliker at the Theater De America this yeat at the University REBECCA HILLIER. I think chats ce focus the Uni is that we have a lot of work to do. That we have an obligation to find ways to reach our students ... And the ques- tion is — how do we move — how do we reach a whole state where there is some really deep-seated hostility toward gays? How do you reach them? This is the beginning ... and guess who's audivioning forthe lead? JEDADIAH SCHULTZ. MY PARENTS! NARRATOR. Jedadiah S JEDADIAH SCHULTZ. you doing this year a school? And I was told them the whole list of plays. And they’ Is that ... that play you did in higl high school? And I was like, yeah. And she goes, huh, s0 are you ‘gonna audition for i And I was lke, yeah. And we got in this huge argument ... and my BEST, THE BEST thing that I knew I them on is, it was just after they had seen me in a performan« Macbeth and onstage like T murdered Macduff and these two other guys, and like and she goes, know, homosexuality is a sin — she kept saying that — and T go, 7‘And wei still going to have people who hold with the old , and I was probably one of them fourteen months ago. I’m ced, you know, and yor First thing she does? “T suck my tongue appy, you know, yor REGGIE FLUTY. And the force MARGE MURRAY. Oh boy cand got shit faced. faced, ced through the door they don't need to know ¢ they were male or fe ITY. Oh, get over it, Mal MOMENT: A DEATH PENALTY CASE, CAL RERUCHA. Probably the q , ah, ah, how the McKinney case will proceed. ins Penitentiary ax, nickel a were and never sees society again and ro my bar again. : MATT GALLOWAY. I dont believe in the death penalty. Its too ich for me.I dont believe that one person should be Killed a redemp- tion for his having killed another. Two wrongs donit make a right, 79ZUBAIDA ULA. How can I protest if the Shepards w McKinney dead? I just can’t interfere in that. But on a personal level, I knew Aaron in grade school. We never called him Aaron. He was called A.J. .... How can we put AJ. McKinney — how can wwe put AJ. MeKinney to death? FATHER ROGER SCH tant teachers must be Russell Fenders have to be our teachers. How did you cry do to teach you that? See, I done knowr if many people will let them be their teacher. I think it would be wonderful ifthe judge si in addition to your sentence, you must tell your story, you must tell your story BAILIFE. All rise. State of Wyoming vs. Aaron James McKinney docket # 6381. The Honorable Barton R. Voigt presiding. The court i in session, nik right and Aaron McKinney. They sn? What did we as a s0 MOMENT: AARON MCKINNEY NARRATOR. During the eral of Aaron McKi layed a taped recording of his confession. ROB DEBREE. My name is Rob DeBree, sergeant for the SherifP's Office. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and may be used a of law. NARRATOR. The following is an excerpt of that confession, ROB DEBREE. Okay, so you guys, you and Russ go to the Fireside. So you'r at the Fireside by yourselve AARON MCKINNEY. Yeah. ROB DEBREE. Okay, where do you go after you leave the Fireside? AARON MCKINNEY. Some kid wanted a ride home. ROB DEBREE. What’ he loo! xy, the prosecu- ROB DEBREE. He ‘AARON MCKINNEY. Yeah, like a fag, you know? ROB DEBREE. Olay. How did you meet him? 80 AARON MCKINNEY. He wanted a tide home and I just though, well, che dude's drunk, le’ juse cake him home. ROB DEBREE. When did you and Russ talk about jacking him up? AARON MCKINNEY. We kinda talked about it atthe bar, ROB DEBREE. Olay, what happened next? AARON MCKINNEY. We drove him out past over there, and he starts grabbing my leg and grabl , “Look, I'm not a fuckin’ faggot. If you touch me again, you're gonna get it.” I don’t know what the hell he was try- ing to do, bue I beat him up pretty bad. Think I killed him, ROB DEBREE. What you beat him with? AARON MCKINNEY. Blacked out. My fist. My pistol. The bute 1g whac happened co me. I had a few beers know. Ids like I could see whac was going on but I don't was like somebody else was doing ic. ROB DEBREE. What wat the fis hing that he ald that he he truck chat made you hic him? ‘AARON MCKINNEY. Well he put his hand on my leg, slid his hand like as if he was going t© grab my ba Twas MOMENT: GAY PANIC ZACKIE SALMON. When that defense team argued that McKinney did what he did because Matthew made a pass at just wanted to vomit because that's like saying that it's okay. Ie like the Twinkie Defense, when the guy killed Harvey Milk and Moscone. Ie the same thing, REBECCA HILLIKER. As much as, uh, part of me the defense of chem saying that it was a gay bashing or thac it was part of me is rally grateful. Because I was really scared twial chey were going to try and say that it was 2 rob- used “gay panic” as theiMOMENT: AARON MCKINNEY (CONTINUED) ROB DEBREE. Did he ever try to defend himself against y hic you back? AARON MCKINNEY. Yeah, sort of. He tried his whatever but he wasn't very effective. ROB DEBREE. Okay. How many times did you hit him inside truck before you guys stopped where you left him? ON MCKINNEY. I'd say I hit him two or three times, prob- ably chree times with my fists and about six times with che pistol. ROB DEBREE. Did he ask you to stop? yeah, He was getting the shit swings or kicked out of him, ROB DEBREE. What did he say? AARON MCKINNEY. Afeer he asked me to stop most all he was doing was screaming, ROB DEBREE. So Rt assuming, and tied AARON MCKINNEY. "Something like that I just remember Russ was laughing at first but then he got pretty scared. ROB DEBREE. Was Matthew conscious when Russ tied him up? AARON MCKINNEY. Yeah. I told him to turn around and ‘ look at my license plate number cause I was scared he would kinda dragged him over to the fence, Pm ROB DEBREE. Just to be sure? (Pase.) So obviously you don't like ga AARON MCKINNEY. know, when they start cor pretty aggravated. ROB DEBREE. Did he threaten you? ‘AARON MCKINNEY. This gay dude? ROB DEBREE. Yeah bus, you 1g onto me and stuff like that T get 82 AARON MCKINNEY. Not really. ROB DEBREE. Can you answe take his shoes? AARON MCKINNEY. I don't know. Now I'l never get to see my 2 Whyd you guys son again. ROB DEBREE. 1 don't know. Yo ly go to court some- ime today. AARON MCKINNEY. Today? So I'm gonna go i i juse plead guilty or not guiley today? ROB DEBREE. No, no, you're just going to be arraigned roday. AARON MCKINNEY. He is gonna die for sure? ROB DEBREE. There is no doube thar Mr. Shepard is going co dic, AARON MCKINNEY. So wh they going to give me, cwenty five to life or just the death and get it over with? ROB DEBREE. Thats not out job. Thats the judge's job and the MOMENT: THE VERDICT BAILIFR. Has the jury reached a verdice? FOREPERSON. We have, your Honor We the jury, impaneled and sworn to try the above-entitled case, after having well and truly tied the matter, unanimously find ‘As to the charge of kidnapping, we find the defendant, Aaron James McKinney, guilty. Aaron James McKinney, g ‘As to the charge of first-degree felony murder (kidn: we find the defendant, Aaron James McKinney, gui sotto voce. Narration begins.) ‘As to the charge of first-degree felony murder (robbery), we the defendant, Aaron James McKinney, gu ‘As to the charge of premeditated first-degree fi urder, we find 83,the defendant, Aaron James McKinney, not guile As co the lesser-included offense of second-degree murder, we find the defendant, Aaron James McKinney, guilty MOMENT: DENNIS SHEPARD’S STATEMENT NARRATOR: Aaron McKinney was found a der which meant the jury could give him the death penalty. That dy and Dennis Shepard were approached by inney’s defense team, who pled for their cl prosecution indicated that they would defer to the fa as to whether or not to pursue the death penalty. The morning, Dennis Shepard made a statement to the court. Here is some of what he sad: DENNIS SHEPARD. My son Matthew did not look: like a win- nes. He was rather uncoordinated and wore braces from the age of een until the day he died. However, in his all too brief life he proved that he was a winner. On October sixth, 1998 my son to show the world that he could win again. On October 1998 my first born son and my hero, lost. On October twel 1998 my first born son and my hero, died, fifty days before twenty-second birthday. kecp wondering the same hat I did when I first saw re become? How could he your friend Mr. Henderso wasn't alone. There were his he had grown up with. You're probably wonder- he sky a tele- hhim, friends ing who these friends were. First he had and the same stars and moon that we used to see throu scope. Then he had the daylight and the su through it all he was breathing in the scent of pine trees from the snowy range. He heard the ever-present Wyoming wind, 84 for the last time. He had one more fiend with him, He had God, And I feel better knowing he wasn’ alone. ‘Matt's beating, hospitalization and funeral focused worldwide attention on hate. Good is coming out of evil. People have said son, but I am proud to be able to say Judy has been quoted as being against the death penalty. Iehas been stated chac Macc was against the death penalty. Both of these statements are wrong. Matt believed thar there were crimes and. incidents that justified the death penalty I coo believe in the death penalty. I would like nothing berter than to see you die, Mr. McKinney. However this is the time co begin the healing process To show mercy to someone who refused to McKinney, I am going to grant use of Matthew: Every time you celebrate Christmas, a he Fourth of July remember that Mate isnt. Every time you wake up in your prison cell remember that you hed the oppor- tunity and the ability to stop your actions me of something very precious and I will never forgive you for that, Mr. McKinney, I give you life in the memory of one who no longer lives. May you have a long life and may you thank Matthew every day for ic MOMENT: AFTERMATH REGGIE FLUTY. Me and Debree hugged and cried .... And you know everybody had tears in their eyes, and you're just so thank- fal you know and Mr. Shepard was eryin’ and then that got me bawlin’ and everybody just — ROB DEBREE. This is all we've lived and breathed for a year Daily. This has been my case daily. And now it’s over. REGGIE FLUTY. Maybe now we can go on and we can being stuck, you know? AARON KREIFELS. It out of the.courthouse. T! st hit me today, the minute that I got «the reason that God wanted me to 85thar’s hard for me because I'm a natural conversationalist, so ies just natural instinct that when someone asks you a question, you look at that per- to make eye coni you literally fe to scoot over — effect, funnel over to where che jury is. But I was able to do that several times over the ny testimony. (They are amused and bafled by this las tex.) MOMENT: EPILOGUE Thad the good fortune of secing Angels in America. Aker a performance, we spoke JEDADIAH SCHULTZ. I didn’ for the longest time let myself become personally involved in the Matthew Shepard thing, It did- rit seem real, It just seemed way blown out of proportion, Matthew Shepard was just a name instead of an individual I done know. Its weird. Ie's so weird, man. I just — I just feel bad, Just for all that stuff I told you, for the person I used to be, ‘Thats why I want to hear those interviews from last year when I said all char stuff. I don't know. I just can’t believe I ever said that stuff about homosexuals, you know. How did I ever let that stuff make me think that you were different from me? NARRATOR. This is Romaine Patterso: ROMAINE PATTERSON. Well, a year ago, I wanted to be a rock star. That was my goal. And now um, well, now its o 86 g t0 school to be in music, I'm gonna go I science. Um, because I have a 1 just recently found out I was gonna be honored in ‘Washington, D.C. ftom the Anti-Defamation League. And when- of the speaking that I've done, chew gave me — Matthew's lke guiding this ight for me to walk down. And he just — every ‘opens it. And he just says, “Okay, the angels oF a ‘And iT get ro be a rockstar on the side, okay. NARRATOR. This is Jonas Slon JONAS SLONAKER. Change is not an easy thing, and I don't people were up to ithere. They got what they wanted. Those two boys got what they deserve, and we look good now. Justice has been served. The OK corral. We shot down the villains. We s the prostitutes on the train. The towns cleaned up and we don't need to talle about it anymore. You know, it’s been a year since Matthew Shepard died, and they haven't passed shic in Wyoming ... aca state level, any town, nobody anywhere, has passed any kind of laws, anti-discrimina- body has passed. anything anywhere. Whats come out of it? What's come out of this thats concrete or lasting? NARRATOR. We all said we would meet a at the fence. DOC O'CONNOR. I been up to that site in my limousine, okay? Arid I remembered to myself the night he and 1 drove around together, he said ro me, “Laramie sparkles, doesn i” And where he was up there, if you sit exactly where he was, up there, Laramie sparkles from there, with a low lying cloud ... Its the blue lights that’s bout the clouds from the airport and it goes (st ee t3t tt ..righe over the whole city. I mean ic blows you away Mate was right there in thae spot, tyes, I can just picture what he was secing. The last thing he saw oon this earth was the sparkling lights. — one last time 87MOMENT: DEPARTURE MOISES KAUFMAN. We've spent the last ewo days packing « year's worth of materials and saying our goodbyes. We've been here six times and conducted over two hundred interviews. Jedadiah ccied when he said goodbye LEIGH FONDAKOWSKI. Marge wished us luck and when we asked her how Laramie would feel seeing a play about itself, she id MARGE MURRAY. I chink weld enjoy ie. To show it's no le of the earth would be nice, but that is up co how you And that in turn is up to how Laramie behaves. GREG PIEROTTI. Aswe were getting off the phone she said to me: MARGE MURRAY. Now, you take care. I love you, honey. STEPHEN BELBER. Doc asked me if Iwanted to ghost write a book about the whole event. Galloway offered me or anyone else, we come back to Laramie. He ANDY PARIS. We left Laramie at about seven in the evening. On the way to Denver, [looked in my rear view mirror to take one last look at the town. FATHER ROGER SCHMIT, And I will speale with you, I wi trust that ifyou write a play of this, that you say it to do your best to say it correct. ANDY PARIS. And in the distance I could see the sparkling lights of Laramie, Wyoming. End of Play 88 NEW PLAYS i onan of ‘nc and compasonste play of dee" VY Daly Nowe (2M, 20] ISBN 0.8222 1782-1 > THE LARAMIE PROJECT by Mois Kaa apd he Manhesof Tetoic Thee + DINNER WITH FRIENDS by Donlé Marple Winner eee ie

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