Considering Matthew Shepard

In the expansive landscape of the American West, a young student named Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten and left to die on a fence in Wyoming. In the aftermath of this heinous act, a national conversation regarding bullying and homophobia took center stage. What is so terrifying about ‘the other’ that creates such division and hatred? Craig Hella Johnson takes us on a musical journey that tells the story of Matt, a young man whose rather ord...