Instead, students worked with a teacher to come up with an edited version of "The Laramie Project."

These interviews were then fashioned into The Laramie Project.

The Laramie Project uses several actors and each actor takes on several roles.

The Laramie Project is distinctive because the writers/actors/interviewers became characters in the play.

But "The Laramie Project" has had an extended life.

A new auditorium opened that year with the play The Laramie Project.

Patterson was later depicted in The Laramie Project, a play about the event based on interviews with the participants.

This version of "The Laramie Project" does little to change that.

"The Laramie Project" will be performed by eight actors who will portray the roles of the 60 residents.

Shepard's murder was the subject of the award-winning play and movie The Laramie Project.