Rice student stars in Houston production of ‘The Laramie Project’

This month Baker College sophomore Jordan Jaffe is playing a number of roles in “The Laramie Project,” a theatrical production based on interviews with members of the Laramie, Wyo., community after Matthew Shepard, a young, gay student at the University of Wyoming, was kidnapped, savagely beaten and left hanging on a fence to die in October 1998. Jaffe is studying visual and dramatic arts at Rice.

Presented by Theatre New West, in conjunction with Holocaust Museum Houston, “The Laramie Project” can be seen at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and 8 p.m. Saturdays through July 24. A special Sunday performance is scheduled for 6 p.m. July 11.

All performances will be in the museum’s Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater at the Morgan Family Center, 5401 Caroline St. Tickets are $25 each and $20 for seniors age 62 or older or students with a valid student identification card. For reservations or more information, call Theatre New West at 713-522-2204 or visit www.theatrenewwest.com.