Word of Mouth

I was telling my friend my opinion of a show we saw yesterday for a class. I told her that I liked it and that I thought the actors were really good and that the stage itself looked really cool, but that I didn't like the ending and didn't really get anything from the show itself. Her response to this was something to the effect of Oh, well, when I go to see a show that's not one of the things I think of. Uh, what? You don't go into a show expecting to at least get a little something from it? Not only was I confused by what she said but I knew that that is not the kind of response I would want to hear from someone who comes to see our Laramie Project. I'm pretty sure I can speak for the entire cast and crew when I say that I want everyone who comes to see this show to be touched, moved, and motivated to make a change in the way they treat people, even in little things they do. This show is a big deal, and I want people to know that we are doing a really big thing. I told some of my other friends we were doing a blog to document our experiences during this whole process, and that if anyone wanted to read it they were free to. One of my friends I was talking to asked why, why we were keeping a blog for it. Uh, hello?! I don't think people understand the magnitude of this piece and what an important piece of our recent history it is. Mind you, my friend who asked why we were keeping a blog is gay, so I was even more confused why he seemed not to care. This piece can affect so many different kinds of people in so many different ways. On the other hand, so many different kinds of people are still ignorant about the subject and need to at least be told this story. I'm incredibly honored that I get to not only work with such a great cast and crew on this project, but that I get to be part of such a big thing, a big thing that really happened and that we will be sharing with our in hopes of teaching people not only the facts but about love. I want people to walk away getting something from this piece, a really big something that they can share with the rest of the world in hopes of making it a more loving place.

-Kaitlin, actor