:02:00
...we're a town defined
by an accident or a crime.
:02:05
We've become Waco or Jasper.
:02:08
We're a noun, or a definition, or a sign.
:02:23
-Do you mind if I tape this?
-No, I don't mind.
:02:27
Great. Thank you again for taking time
out of your rehearsaI to taIk to me.
:02:32
I must teII you, when I first heard
you were thinking of coming here...
:02:36
...when you first caIIed me...
:02:38
...I wanted to say:
:02:40
''You just kicked me in the stomach.
Why are you doing this to me?''
:02:44
And then I thought, ''WeII, that's stupid.
You're not doing this to me.''
:02:49
And more importantIy...
:02:52
...my students need to taIk.
:02:54
When this first happened,
they started to taIk about it.
:02:57
Then the media descended
and aII diaIogue stopped.
:03:00
We're not reporters.
:03:02
I know. I read your Iast pIay.
:03:04
You did?
:03:07
Gave me an idea of what you do.
:03:09
Moises caIIed, saying he had an idea
for his next theatre project...
:03:13
...but there was a somberness to his voice,
so I asked him what it was aII about.
:03:18
He said he wanted to do a piece
about what's happening in Wyoming.
:03:21
leigh toId me that the company was
thinking of going down to laramie...
:03:26
...and conducting interviews,
and did I want to come?
:03:29
I did, I said, yeah, but...
:03:31
...I was hesitant, because as a gay man....
:03:36
I mean...
:03:38
...a kid had just been kiIIed there
because he was gay.
:03:41
What exactIy do you want?
:03:43
I'd Iike you to give me names of peopIe
who might want to taIk to us.
:03:46
I'd Iike to taIk to your students
and your friends.
:03:49
I want to hear from the peopIe of the town.
:03:52
I have never done anything Iike this before.
:03:54
How do you get peopIe to taIk to you?
What do you ask?
:03:58
It's stiII very raw for us here.