Laramie Project Debuts at USC Aiken Wednesday
USC Aiken presents The Laramie Project at Etherredge Center with eight actors including Matea Chavous and Gabe Mangiante portraying twelve characters each. The play recounts Matthew Shepard's 1998 murder through intimate verbatim interviews and journal fragments, exploring malice and empathy in the community.
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USC Aiken
Matea Chavous
Etherredge Center
O'Connell ‘Theatre
Matthew Shepard
University of Wyoming
Laramie
Shepard
Chavous
Moises Kauffman
the Tectonic Theatre
Dewey Scott Wiley
USDA
Robert Benjamin
Jade Johnson
Gabe Mangiante
Sarah Weitenhagen
Bobby Labartino
Linnea Hopkins
David Dortch
Mangiante
Tectonic Theater
Johnson
Scot Webster
Mateo Chavous
Laramie Project at USC Aiken Theatre Opens This Week
USC Aiken University Theatre presents The Laramie Project at Etherredge Center Connell Theatre. Opens Wednesday at 3 p.m. with shows Thursday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday Feb 16 at 3 p.m. Tickets 5 10 for adults 7 for seniors 5 for students. A talkback follows Saturday’s show with cast and crew.
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Etherredge Center
Connell Theatre
The
Laramie Project
University Theatre
Artist Arnold Reflects on Memory and Shared Reality
Arnold discusses her painting philosophy as layerist, linking personal memory to universal themes like the moon and infancy. She cites TL Lange as a role model and notes a Lange painting hinting at foreboding and World Trade Center destruction. She cherishes the creative process as magical and transformative.
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New Orleans
Aiece
TL. Lange
Arnold
World Trade Center
Lange
Death penalty case moves forward in Atkins murder shock
Atkins, 31, remains jailed in Aiken County as authorities pursue a death penalty case for the 2000 Crosland Park killing of a teenage girl. DNA matched him to the crime, with charges including murder, criminal sexual conduct first degree, kidnapping, and weapon possession. A psychological evaluation is expected. The victim’s family supports the current decisions and case progression.
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Brown
Bond
Atkins
Carpenter
Georgia
Aiken County
Perkins Brown
Judy Carpenter
Crosland Park
North Aiken
Aiken
Airborne Express
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Wellenhagen
Jessica Bright
Molly Morell
Beth Philipp
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Chet Longley
Vai
Paul West & Associates
Aikenstandard.com
Chesterfield Court
Chesterfield Street South
Charlie Carpenter
Morgan
Barbara
iNiam B. Bell
Cio Camaro
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