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READING DIARY: The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and Tectonic Theater Project

Download the Reading Diary. As you read the playscript, jot down notes about each scene , focusing on two of these questions :

· What do you think the playwright hoped to present to the reader?

· When and why did the playwright use monologue rather than dialogue?

· What seems to be the purpose of each scene or each monologue?

· What did you learn about the character or characters in the scene?

· What did the character or characters reveal in the scene?

· What important information is given in each scene?

· What stands out?

· What impacted you personally?

· What made you uncomfortable?

ACT ONE

SCENE

NOTES

MOMENT: A DEFINITION

p. 21 - 24

MOMENT:

JOURNAL

ENTRIES

p. 24 – 25

MOMENT:

REBECCA

HILLIKER

p. 25

MOMENT:

ANGELS IN

AMERICA

p. 26 - 27

MOMENT:

JOURNAL

ENTRIES

p. 27 - 28

MOMENT:

ALLISON

AND

MARGE

p. 28 - 30

MOMENT:

MATTHEW

p. 30 - 32

MOMENT:

WHO’S

GETTING

WHAT?

p. 32 - 33

MOMENT:

EASIER SAID THAN DONE

p. 33 -34

MOMENT:

LIFESTYLE 1

p. 37

MOMENT:

THE

FIRESIDE

p. 38 – 41

MOMENT:

MCKINNEY AND

HENDERSON

p. 41 – 42

MOMENT:

THE FENCE

p. 42 – 43

MOMENT:

FINDING

MATTHEW

SHEPARD

p. 43 – 46

ACT

TWO

SCENE

NOTES

MOMENT: A LARAMIE MAN

p. 47 – 48

MOMENT:

THE

ESSENTIAL

FACTS

p. 49 - 50

MOMENT:

LIVE AND LET LIVE

p. 50

MOMENT:

THE GEM

CITY OF THE

PLAINS

p. 51 – 53

MOMENT:

MEDICAL

UPDATE

p.53 – 54

MOMENT:

SEEING

MATTHEW

p. 54 – 57

MOMENT:

E-MAIL

p. 57 – 58

MOMENT:VIGILS

p. 58

MOMENT:

MEDICAL

UPDATE

p. 58

MOMENT: LIVE AND LET LIVE

p. 59 – 60

MOMENT: IT

HAPPENED HERE

p. 60 – 61

MOMENT:

SHANNON

AND JEN

p. 61 – 62

MOMENT:

HOMECOMING

p. 62 – 63

MOMENT:

ONE OF OURS

p. 64

MOMENT:

TWO QUEERS AND A CATHOLIC PRIEST

p. 65 - 66

MOMENT:

CHRISTMAS

p. 66

MOMENT:

LIFESTYLE 2

p. 67 – 68

MOMENT:

THAT NIGHT

p. 68

MOMENT:

MEDICAL

UPDATE

p. 68 – 69

MOMENT:

MAGNITUDE

p. 69 – 70

MOMENT:

H-O-P-E

p. 70

ACT

THREE

MOMENT:

SNOW

p. 71 – 74

MOMENT:

JURY SELECTION

p. 74

MOMENT:

RUSSELL HENDERSON

p. 75 – 77

MOMENT:

ANGELS IN AMERICA

p. 77 – 79

MOMENT:

A DEATH PENALTY CASE

p. 79 – 80

MOMENT:

AARON MCKINNEY

p. 80 – 81

MOMENT:

GAY PANIC

p. 81 – 83

MOMENT:

THE VERDICT

p. 83 – 84

MOMENT:

DENNIS SHEPARD’S STATEMENT

P. 84 - 85

MOMENT:

AFTERMATH

p. 85 – 86

MOMENT:

EPILOGUE

p. 86 – 87

MOMENT:

DEPARTURE

p. 88