FILE - A cross made of stones rests below the fence in Laramie, Wyo., on Oct. 9, 1999, where a year earlier, University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was tied and pistol whipped into a coma. He later died. The Tectonic Theater Project is marking the anniversary by gathering the original cast and creators of "The Laramie Project," and some of the people represented in the piece for a staged reading and conversation as part of the 2023 Shepard Symposium at the University of Wyoming. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File) OCT. 9, 1999 FILE PHOTO
