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The Laramie ProjectThe play is divided into three acts. The individual moments take place in and around

Laramie, Wyoming and Colorado Springs, Colorado. There will be a 15 minute intermissionbetween Act I and Act II and between Act II and Act III.

Director ..........................................................................................................................Tim BallAsst. Director ......................................................................................................Jeanna HunterLighting Design ......................................................................................................David OlsonProperties ..........................................................................................................Mandy PaschenSet Design ..........................................................................................................Antonin ArtaudSet Building & Painting............................Dave Pearson, Nick Bantz Beaty, Joe Baumgart,

Rick Bivens, Jeanna Hunter, Kristin Good, Mike Groark, Dan Kuntz, Kim Lamansky, Abbey Lippert, Mandy Paschen

Wyoming Landscape ....................................................................................Roberta Maxfield

Nick Bantz Beaty ....................Andy Paris, Jonas Slonaker, Newsperson, Conrad Miller, Shannon,Kerry Drake, Bailiff, Russell Henderson

Rick Bivens ............................................................Greg Pierotti, Sgt. Hing, Baptist Minister, Rob Debree, Harry Woods, Fred Phelps, Juror, Cal Rerucha,

John Bryar ..........................................Jon Peacock, Doug Laws, Matt Galloway, Gil Engen, Murdock Cooper, Newsperson, Juror, Russell Henderson’s Home Teacher

Kelsey DeSchepper................................Amanda Gronich, Waitress, Romaine Patterson, Dr. Cantway, Jen, Juror

Kristin Good ................................................................Eileen Engen, Reporter, Trish Steger, Minister’s Wife, Newsperson, Email Writer

Mike Groark ........................................Philip DuBois, Father Roger Schmit, Rulon Stacey, Governor Geringer, Juror, Dennis Shepard

Kevin Gum ..................................Moises Kaufman, Doc O’Connor, Stephen M. Johnson, Matt Mickelson, Judge, Jeffrey Lockwood, Bill McKinney, Priest

Danny Lamansky ........................................Stephen Belber, Jedadiah Schultz, Anonymous, Aaron Kreifels, Andrew Gomez, Juror, Aaron McKinney

Kim Lamansky ..............................................Barbara Pitts, Rebecca Hilliker, Alison Mears, Catherine Connelly, Sherry Aanenson, Sherry Johnson

Sabrina Larson ......................................Zacki Salmon, Marge Murray, Newsperson, Juror, Lucy Thompson, Foreperson

Abbey Lippert ................................................Leigh Fondakowski, April Silva, Zubaida Ula, Kristin Price, Reggie Fluty, Newsperson, Tiffany Edwards

Crew

Cast


Tim Ball – (Director) – Tim has beena member of SCP since 1989. He hasplayed the roles of di-rector, boardmember, committee chair, and actor.Some of his favorite roles include Biff inDeath of a Salesman (1998) and Fred in AChristmas Carol (2005). Favoriteproductions he’s directed include Arsenicand Old Lace (1996), Postmortem (2007)and Night of the Living Dead (2015). Timworks at American Title in Sycamoreand thanks Tammy for her love andsupport and can’t wait until October 15.

Nick Bantz-Beaty –(Company Member AndyParis, JonasSlonaker,Newsperson #1,ConradMiller, Shannon,KerryDrake, Bailiff,RussellHenderson,Narrator) – This is Nick’s

first SCP production and it has been aninteresting experience especiallyconsidering the handcuffs and the needfor impromptu visits to both the policestation and the fire department!

Rick Bivens –(Company Member GregPierotti, Sgt. Hing, BaptistMinister, Rob DeBree,Harry Woods, ReverendFred Phelps, Cal Rerucha,Juror) – Rick is

celebrating his tenth year with StageCoach Players and is very thankful forthe opportunities the organization hasprovided. A recipient of the SCOTYAward in 2015, Rick would like to thankeveryone who has supported himthroughout the years, and hopes youenjoy The Laramie Project.

John Bryar – (MattGalloway, Jon Peacock,Doug Laws, MurdockCooper, Gil Engen, Juror,Newsperson, RussellHenderson’s MormonHome School Teacher,

Narrator) – John is a student of Historyat Northern Illinois University. TheLaramie Project is his first show for theStage Coach Players. He is a native ofChicago’s south side where he hasappeared in productions for severaldifferent theater groups, appearing innumerous roles such as: Kenickie inGrease and Chad in High School Musicalfor the 99th Street Summer Theater,Uncle Jimmy in No, No Nannette andRolfe in The Sound of Music for theMother McAuley Theater, Bill Sykes inOliver and Bobby Child in Crazy for Youfor the Beverly Hills University Club,Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream forthe Brother Rice Theater Club andGeorge Gibbs in Our Town for theBeverly Theater Group. He would liketo thank the members of the StageCoach Players for the opportunity toappear on stage. He also would like tostate that when it comes to baseballthere’s only two teams he likes best, sogo the White Sox….and whoever playsthe Cubs. (Of course, John forgets thatCub-Fan Stage Managers can make lifemore difficult!).

Kelsey DeSchepper– (Company MemberAmanda Gronich, RomainePatterson, Dr. Cantway, Jen,Waitress, Juror, Narrator) -The Laramie Project marksKelsey’s sixth SCP

production. Previously she has beenspotted as Becky Bakowski in last

Cast, Crew and Author Bios


summer’s musical Do Black Patent LeatherShoes Really Reflect Up?And as ElaineRobinson in SCP 2015 production ofThe Graduate. Kelsey spends her littlefree time after work and rehearsal asthe music director and pianist atImmanuel Lutheran Church in Yorkvilleand teaching zumba at a local fitnesscenter. Kelsey would like to thank herfamily and wonderful boyfriend, Andrew,for helping her learn lines and being anamazing support. She is so thrilled to bepart of this show and hopes you trulyenjoy it.

Kristin Good – (EileenEngen, Trish Steger,Reporter, Minister’s Wife,Newsperson, Email Writer,Narrator) - Kristin isthrilled to be in her firstSCP show, which doubles

as her first performance in thirteenyears. She is elated to return to thestage, and is especially proud to be partof this production. She would like tothank Tim and Jeanna for giving her thisopportunity, Peg for encouraging her totry out in the first place, Courtney foralways having her six, and Nate for hisunwavering support. She hopes thisshow will encourage others to be moreempathetic, and, to use the words ofDoc, inspire H-O-P-E.

Mike Groark – (FatherRoger Schmit, Rulon Stacey,Governor Geringer, DennisShepard, Philip DuBois,Juror, Narrator) – Mike israrely serious about hisbio but, this show is

different from any show he’s ever done,He thinks that The Laramie Project is oneof the most powerful shows he has everencountered and he is honored to be apart of it. The ensemble is talented,management a joy. Mike thanks his wife,Carolyn, and extended family for their

support, and dedicates this show toBruce and Joe.

Kevin Gum –(Company Member MoisesKaufman, Doc O’Connor,Stephen Mead Johnson,Matt Mickelson, JeffreyLockwood, Bill MCKinney,Priest, Narrator) – Kevin

was last seen on the Stagecoach stage asLancelot in last summer’s Spamalot.Kevin’s other SCP credits includeCornelius in Hello, Dolly, Harold Hill inMusic Man, Coneybear in the 25th AnnualPutnam County Spelling Bee, Bobby inCurtains, Finch in How to Succeed…, andTiny Tom in Urinetown. Suburban creditsinclude A Funny Thing Happened…, WestSide Story, Do Black Patent LeatherShoes…, Taming of the Shrew, and Swingin’at the Stardust, a 1960’s Vegas revueshow. Kevin thanks Tim, Jeanna, and theentire production team for thisopportunity, and his family and friendsfor their never-failing love and support.

Jeanna Hunter – (assistant director,stage manager) – Jeanna is very happy tobe once again working with Tim. Thiscast has been a joy to work with and towatch as they have taken on this veryintense material with just the rightamount of passion, compassion, andhumor. Thanks to my wonderful familyfor their love and support.

Danny Lamansky –(Company MemberStephen Belber, AaronKreifels, Jedediah Schultz,Phil LaBrie, AaronMcKinney, Juror,Anonymous, Narrator) -

Danny has been on stage with StageCoach Players since he was a kid withparts in productions like Snow White, AChristmas Carol and The King and I. Mostrecently Danny was involved in DeKalb


High School’s productions of The DrowsyChaperone as The Man in the Chair andFiddler on the Roof as Tevye. AlthoughDanny has not been in a play in nearlytwo years, he is incredibly excited to beinvolved in a show as important andmoving as The Laramie Project. When noton stage, Danny enjoys being an assistantcoach for the DHS forensic team. He alsoenjoys watching movies, writing musicand reading comic books. He would liketo thank all his friends and family for theirsupport and he hopes you enjoy theshow.

Kim Lamansky –(Company Member BarbaraPitts, Rebecca Hilliker, AlisonMears, Catherine Connelly,Sherry Aanenson, SherryJohnson, Narrator) – Kimtook a short hiatus from

theater but is excited to be back at StageCoach. Her favorite SCP shows areCommunicating Doors, Sylvia, Private Eyes,and of course ALL the shows Tim Ball hasdirected her in! Doing a show with herson, Danny, is a special treat. Watchinghim grow as an actor has been a veryproud moment in her life. This showtouches on some very dark issues wehave in our world, and Kim is proud thatshe can be a part of such a powerfulstory. Thank you all for coming out. Myendless love goes to Molly, Andy, Danieland Haley and here’s a special shout outto Juli and Ruben for the love andsupport!

Sabrina Larson –(Marge Murray, ZackieSalmon, Lucy Thompson,Newsperson #2, Foreperson,Juror, Narrator) - This isSabrina’s sixth productionwith Stagecoach.

Community theater has been her passionsince she first stepped on the stage

twelve years ago in Annie. Sabrina hasperformed in various venues around thecommunity and you might have mostrecently seen her as Florence in The OddCouple - the female version with MainStreet Players. When not working as aNICU Nurse she enjoys taking voice andtap dancing lessons. It has been anamazing and insightful journey throughthis show and Sabrina has loved workingwith each and every cast member-including such a wonderful Director andStage Manager. She would like to thankTim for giving her this opportunity totake the journey to Laramie with such atalented group of actors.

Abbey Lippert –(Company Member LeighFondakowski, ReggieFluty,Tiffany Edwards, AprilSilva, Zubaida Ula, KristinPrice, Newsperson #3,Narrator) - Abbey has

spent most of her theater career in thedark. Doing tech. She was a techie allthrough high school and college. Shefound a home working on Stagecoach’sFiresign Theater and then joined the teamfor Do Patent Leather Shoes Reflect Up?and she The Laramie Project has beenhooked ever since. She has been sohooked that this will be the first of threeproductions she is working on thisseason! Abbey did this show in highschool as a reader’s theater performanceand knew it was an important story then.Now she has come to realize how verymuch this story needs to be told and isdeeply honored to perform it for youtonight. Abbey would like to thank theamazing cast for their strength andcamaraderie. We did it! She would alsolike to thank her family, friends, andamazing girlfriend, Addison, for all theirlove and support. To the audience shesays “Thank you for coming. Grab a tissueand open your heart. I hope you are as


moved as I have been.”

Moisés Kaufman is an award-winning director and playwright, whoseplays have engrossed audiences aroundthe world. He is also the founder andartistic director of the New York-basedTectonic Theater Project, the group thattraveled to Wyoming to help researchthe play The Laramie Project (2000).Kaufman was born and raised inCaracas, Venezuela. At the age of twenty-three, Kaufman decided to move toNew York. While in the States, Kaufmancontinued his studies in the dramaticarts at New York University.

Leigh Fondakowski was the HeadWriter of The Laramie Project and hasbeen a member of Tectonic TheaterProject since 1995. She is an Emmynominated co-screenwriter for theadaptation of The Laramie Project forHBO, and a co-writer of The LaramieProject: Ten Years Later. Leigh is a 2007recipient of the NEA/TCG TheatreResidency Program for Playwrights, a2009 Macdowell Colony Fellow, and a2010 Imagine Fund Fellow at theUniversity of Minnesota. Stories fromJonestown, her first work of creativenon-fiction was published by theUniversity of Minnesota Press in 2013.Leigh is a Teaching Company Memberwith Tectonic.

Stephen Wangh, has been aplaywright, director, and teacher ofacting. He is the author of An Acrobat ofthe Heart, a physical approach to actinginspired by the work of Jerzy Grotowskiand of The Heart of Teaching: EmpoweringStudents in the Performing Arts. He is theauthor of 15 plays, was Associate WriterforThe Laramie Project (Emmynomination 2002), and dramaturg ofMoisés Kaufman’s Gross Indecency, thethree trials of Oscar Wilde (1997).

Stephen now teaches the Acrobatics ofthe Heart immersive summer training forperformers. And he leads seminars andworkshops on the Inner Dynamics ofTeaching for teachers of the performingarts.

Stephen Belber was an AssociateWriter on The Laramie Project, and co-writer on The Laramie Project: Ten YearsLater. His plays have been produced onBroadway and in over 25 countries.They include Dusk Rings a Bell, Match,Geometry of Fire, Fault Lines, CarolMulroney, A Small, Melodramatic Story, OneMillion Butterflies, The Power of Duff andThe Muscles In Our Toes. Televisioncredits include Rescue Me, Law & OrderSVU, and pilots for F/X, FTVS and HBO

Greg Pierotti is a writer, actor, andteacher. He was an associate writer ofThe Laramie Project, and a co-writer ofthe teleplay as well. For the play hereceived a NY Drama Desk nomination.The teleplay for HBO received an Emmynomination for best writing. He is headwriter of The People's Temple, for whichhe received the Will Glickman Award forbest New Play. He is co-author ofLaramie: 10 Years Later. He hasdeveloped original work at Arena Stage,Hartford Stage, The Magic, The AtlanticTheatre Company, The SundanceTheatre Lab in Utah, New York TheatreWorkshop, the NYTW summer writer'slab at Dartmouth.

Thank youSt. Peter’s Episcopal Church,

Gordon Hardware, Rick Bivens, Janet Rosenberg, MCR Framing, St. Paul’s Newman Center,

Allison Hunter-Rosene, Pablo Suarezand Terri Crain Goodman


In 2007, I was play reading chair forStage Coach and David Belew broughtThe Laramie Project to me as a possibleplay for that coming summer. He noteda possible concern with the language forour theatre group and I agreed that theplay’s language could not be altered. Thescript was a powerfully written pieceabout the aftermath of a murder in acollege town, not too dissimilar toDeKalb. We decided that it may nothave been right for Stage Coach Playersat that time. Over the past severalyears, many theatre friends mentionedthey had read the script and raved abouthow beautiful the script was and thatStage Coach should be doing somethingthis important. In the climate we arenow in - marriage equality being passedon a national level and the push backfrom those unwilling to share the rightsthey have with those they see asdifferent from them. The time felt right.We owe last year’s play readingcommittee and board a huge ‘Thankyou,” for the decision to produce TheLaramie Project.

The fight for LGBTQ rights was quietas far as I knew when I was a kid. In the21st century however, America hasprogressed towards a more enlightenedview of gender identity and therealization that all deserve the samehuman rights any other individual isafforded. The pain – the agony MatthewShephard must have felt as he wasbeaten and tortured simply because hewas a gay man is impossible for most ofus to comprehend and this play is a loudcall to those willing to say, ‘Enough.’ Yetthere are many LGBTQ people whosuffer daily. And sadly, it is still commonfor some to deride or bully those whoare lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender andqueer or questioning. Even to withholdbasic rights given to most Americans arestill denied - often legally - to othersunder the auspice of religiosity. We owelast year’s play reading committee andboard a huge ‘Thank you,” for thedecision to produce The LaramieProject. Thanks,Tim

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