Messengers

Tomorrow night is going to be a very important night for the entire world. Over 150 theatre's worldwide are doing the same thing that we here at Emerson College are fortunate enough to be taking part in. For me personally I'm very humbled and gratified that I can be able to contribute to the progress that we are trying to make as a society. Knowing that tomorrow night we are going to be presenting Tectonic Theater Project's new work to a sold out audience is rewarding. And I'm not talking about rewarding to the actors that are presenting this piece but rewarding to the people who are effected by this event and want to help contribute themselves, or get involved in some way. To know that 1100 people will wake up Tuesday morning with a different look on life is rewarding. That is rewarding to me. These people are not coming to the theatre tomorrow to see a performance, they are coming to receive the message Moises Kaufman, Greg Pierotti, Leigh Fondakowski, Andy Paris, Stephen Belber and the members of Laramie's community are giving us. By no means is this the end, its the next step we are taking to acceptance. There is no going back, we move forward, as individuals and as a community. To hear that President Obama has urged to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and pass the Domestic Partners Benefit and Obligations Act is uplifting. To know that change is coming. I am confident when I say that I believe tomorrow we will be messengers to help spread this message to our community. Once we have, the job of those 1100 people hearing it from us, is to be messengers themselves. Spread the word. Spread the story of Matthew Shepard.