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The Laramie Project is a play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project ( specifically, Leigh Fondakowski, Stephen Belber, Greg Pierotti, Barbara Pitts, Stephen Wangh, Amanda Gronich, Sara Lambert, John McAdams, Maude Mitchell, Andy Paris, and Kelli Simpkins ) about the reaction to the 1998 murder of University of Wyoming gay student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming.

The murder was denounced as a hate crime and brought attention to the lack of hate crimes laws in various states, including Wyoming.