The Laramie Project

Question 1

Sergeant Hing

Answer 1

detective
born and raised in Laramie
critical of press and their lack of love for beauty of nature
doesn’t understand Matt was attacked, says Laramie has vocal gay population
doesn’t get why Laramie is being called a lawless town since they caught the criminals in 1 day

Question 2

Rebecca Hilliker

Answer 2

head of theater department
first got call- saw it as a bad thing, realized students could use this to talk about their feelings, loves dynamic and honesty of students
produced Angels in America

Question 3

Eileen Engeen

Answer 3

rancher

criticizes media for maligning the town, portraying people as bad

Question 4

Doc O’Conner

Answer 4

limo driver
likes windy weather
says he likes something unpopular and that it doesn’t bother him, then says sometimes it does
drove him to gay bar in CO, liked him cause he was straight forward even though he was gay
says there are more gays than you think, but butcher ones
doesn’t think Aaron and Russell should die- defeat the HOPE Matt provided

Question 5

Zackie Salmon

Answer 5

resident, from Texas

lesbian, concerned for her safety now

Question 6

Jedadiah Schultz

Answer 6

student, said town was defined by community and identity, now says it is defined by the crime and will take a while to rid it of that definition
competed for scholarship for acting with scene from Angels in America. contained gay scene, parents refused to go, won 1st place
doesn’t agree with pastor that being gay is flat out wrong, doesn’t totally agree with it either

Question 7

The Company

Answer 7

makes fun of Wyoming sign- like no place on earth

first thing they saw- buffalo, then fast food/chain stores visited fence, brought to tears

Question 8

Alison Mears

Answer 8

volunteer for social service agency

wished it was still very RURAL

Question 9

Marge Murray

Answer 9

Reggie’s mother
knows everyone from bartending
doesn’t care if someone is gay as long as they don’t bother her(says its attitude of most of the people)
didn’t want Reggie to be a police officer after getting exposed to HIV

Question 10

Trish Steger

Answer 10

Romaine’s sister

Question 11

Romaine Patterson

Answer 11

close friend of Matt’s, called him choo choo, says Matt loved politics, said Matt was excited for Pride Week and march, said Matt was rich, outgoing
idea to set up big angel wings and encircle homophobic preacher to make sure no one heard him

Question 12

Jon Peacock

Answer 12

Matt’s academic advisor, saw Matt as mousy but excited, said Matt wanted to work in human rights
didn’t like reporters

Question 13

Catherine Connolly

Answer 13

out lesbian teacher
was told that closeted lesbians didn’t want to be around her- afraid they could be outed
went to arraignment, felt everyone was walking on pins and needles because the attackers were from town, says everyone cried at the judge stating facts of the case
catatonic response to arraignment

Question 14

Jonas Slonaker

Answer 14

openly gay man in Laramie
likes to live in Laramie even if its tough, doesn’t like guys who yell at him for staying, finds town beautiful
doesn’tlike philosophy of live and let live- says if he doesn’t tell someone he’s gay then he isn’t beat up, doesn’t see appeal in that

Question 15

Stephen Mead Johnson

Answer 15

diverse religions in Laramie, Unitarian
criticzed conservative pastors for being silent, says can’t fight over bible
compares Matt to Jesus

Question 16

Doug Laws

Answer 16

ecclesiastical leader of Mormons, God still speaks to us have to follow boundaries, no leniency to gay people

Question 17

Father Roger Schmit

Answer 17

held vigil for Matt, angry other religious leaders didn’t join
says Matt has done a lot for the community, continues to say he will trust the people to write this good as they have a relationship, seed of violence are the slurs

Question 18

Baptist Minister

Answer 18

against evolution, strong believer in the Bible, said it doesn’t matter if you believe its true because it just is

Question 19

Zubaida Ula

Answer 19

muslim feminist, wears scarf and complains about questons/looks she gets from it
went to vigil
doesn’t know if Laramie can show the world it’s not “that town”. says everyone needs to own crime because they are like this

Question 20

Matt Galloway

Answer 20

bartender night Matt was killed, said Matt was very polite(good manners), says Aaron and Russell looked dirty and grungey, rude, paid in dimes and quarters, refutes what Aaron and Russell say that Matt approached them. says character(no reason for him to come onto them, not a gay bar) and territorialism(they were in Matt’s area)
marched in parade for Matt

Question 21

Aaron McKinny

Answer 21

homophobic, got a girl pregnant, struggled to get a job, bad temper
father blames media for portraying it as hate crime, says son wouldn’t been seen as guilty
both robbed people before
found guilty on everything but pre meditated first degree

Question 22

Russell Henderson

Answer 22

described as being quiet and sweet, wasn’t belligerent when drunk at a Christmas party
changes plea to guilty after hearing juror after juror say they could send him to death
family asked that his 2 life sentences be served concurrently
judge said he didn’t show any real remorse- consecutive sentences again
kicked out of Mormon church

Question 23

Aaron Kreifels

Answer 23

found Matt in woods, found him by getting lost in woods, thought Matt was a Halloween prank until he saw his hair
can’t get picture of Matt’s body out of his head, continues to ask why God led him to find Matt

Question 24

Reggie Flutty

Answer 24

Marge’s daughter, responded to call

accidentally got HIV from Matt

Question 25

End of Act I

Answer 25

ends with Matt and Aaron McKinny to hospital doctor realizes connection between the two, wondered if what he felt is what God feels

Question 26

Rulon Stacey

Answer 26

CEO/spokeswoman for hospital
says when Matt came in he was unresponsive
2nd update: still in critical condition
cried while delivering news of Matt’s death

Question 27

Jeffrey Lockwood

Answer 27

says people didn’t want attackers to be from Laramie, they didn’t want to think they could grow the attackers

Question 28

Conrad Miller

Answer 28

homophobic, will tell kids gays fuck like animals

Question 29

Murdock Cooper

Answer 29

says fault is 50-50. says matt shouldn’t have picked up regular people, felt better when he heard that

Question 30

Harry Woods

Answer 30

gay resident
in apartment and saw parade for Matt
saw it grow from a few hundred to thousands, cried

Question 31

Sherry Johnson

Answer 31

doesn’t think of Matt as a martyr(character and AIDS), mad patrolman who was killed doesn’t get attention, says a hate crime is a hate crime

Question 32

Rob Debree

Answer 32

police officer, talks to gay community an realizes their fear says no one should feel like that in America