The Laramie Project, written by Moisés Kaufman, is a collection of The Tectonic Theater Project's interviews, news publications, and journal entries. After the brutal murder of Mathew Sheppard in 1998. Kaufman along with his theater troupe made six visits to Laramie, Wyoming, where the murder occurred, to interview people about what happened and how they felt about the crime in their community. They interviewed about two hundred people, of which about sixty were included in the show. The show showcases a small American town in a historical moment of tragedy. The production of The Laramie Project was simple. The stage setup was minimal and the actors were eight people who played more than sixty. Through the patchwork of interviews The Laramie Project conveys themes of identity, representation and change. The protagonist of The Laramie Project is the city of Laramie, Wyoming. The topic is the impact that the murder of Mathew Shepard had on this small American town. “We could be on any major street in America… As we passed the University Inn, the sign where amenities like a heated pool or cable TV are usually advertised said: HATE IS NOT A LARAMIE VALUE” ( Jacobus 1632) . The identity of many ordinary people has been affected by a single, unimaginable event. An emphasis is placed on how the collection of individual attitudes shapes a community's identity and how identities are altered in the wake of a tragedy. "As with any work assembled from found materials, the creative choices of what to include, what to omit, and how to juxtapose the pieces were guided by the attitude of the creators and the project's goal of understanding why the crime occurred and how it affected community attitudes” (Evans). The Laramie......half the paper......and Seattle Times. July 16, 2010. Web. November 20, 2011. Brantley, Ben. “Theatre Review: One Brutal Act Alteres a City.” Nytimes.com. The New York Times, May 19, 2000. Web. November 20, 2011. Evans, Everett. "Review: Laramie Project simple and inspiring." Chron.com. The Houston Chronicle, July 7, 2010. Web. November 20, 2011. Hoffman, January “A Story of Life, Love and Making It All Right.” Nytimes.com. The New York Times, May 18, 2000. Web. November 20, 2011.Jacobus, Lee A. The Bedford Introduction to Drama. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009. Print. Janofsky, Michael. “A Death in Laramie, Reinvented as Drama.” Nytimes.com. The New York Times, February 27, 2000. Web. November 20, 2011.Thompson, Debby. "Performance Review of Moisés Kaufman's Laramie Project" Jstor.org/. Theatrical newspaper.Vol. 53, no. 4 (December 2001), pp. 644-645 Web. November 20. 2011.