About Face Theatre (AFT) will hold a benefit reading of ‘The Laramie Project’ on Monday, Oct. 6, at the Center on Halsted’s Hoover-Leppen Theatre, 3656 N. Halsted. The cocktail reception will be at 6 p.m., and the reading is at 7 p.m.
This reading of ‘The Laramie Project,’ written by Moisés Kaufman and members of Tectonic Theater Project, will be directed by Tectonic Theater Artists Leigh Fondakowski and Kelli Simpkins, and produced by AFT Artistic Associate Amy Matheny.
General tickets are $75 per person and include the cocktail reception; reading; and dessert and coffee during intermission. Special $150 VIP tickets guarantee priority seating and the opportunity to help sponsor About Face Youth’s participation in a March workshop with the Tectonic Theatre Project.
For ticket information, visit www.AboutFaceTheatre.com.
Pictued: Matthew Shepard, the subject of The Laramie Project.