these sponsorships ‘so that every dollar raised by walkers goes direct- ly to sheltersand services. Lead sponsor for the sixth consecutive year is Eley Management Associates, Inc. of South Burlington. TOAS’: Roaring Spring . Theatre on a Shoestring is roaring ahead with its spring production of Marrying Walt. This is a Vermont premiere and is guaranteed to be a great show. Tickets go on sale to the general public May 5. The pro- duction is slated for June 5-7 at 7:30PM at the South Burlington High School. TOAS has also announced their next two produc- tions: the return of The Eight: Reindeer Monologues in December and, if funding is available, the _ Vermont premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch in the spring of 2004. Auditions for Reindeer will be held in September. Auditions for Hedwig will take place later in the fall. TOAS is holding a special contest that will give "one person $200 cold hard cash. Everyone who becomes a paid member ($25/year) before June 30 will be entered in the contest. ' For more information on V TOAS, go to www.theatreshoe.com. The Laramie Project In Bnttleboro _‘ V The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and the Members of Tectonic Theater Project will be pre- sented April 24 —April 27 by Wild Root Arts and the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont. The production will perfonned by the Stella Adler/New York University Company. On October '7, 1998. a young gay man was discovered bound to‘ a fence in the hills outside Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beat- en and left to die in an act of brutali- ty that shocked the nation. Matthew Shepard's death became a national A‘ who love men'fiom VT. and "beyond; Cateféc ' 1 , . 1 desserts cappuccino artdisplayot GBQ artists, live performance art, lots of "scl1moo2ing ‘with largegroup of diverse men. Garden House‘ g Look Pan