ORLANDO, Fla. – Friday, June 12, marks 10 years since the Pulse nightclub shooting, and this weekend marks the world premiere of a new show supporting Central Florida LGBTQ+ youth programs through the Rose Dynasty Foundation.
“The World May Be Flat” is described as an intimate two-character drama exploring survival and everything that comes after.
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Rather than recalling the tragedy itself, the show focuses on what happened afterwards: survivor’s guilt, grief, internalized shame, memory, and the increasing pressure to move on in a world that often expects silence.
“The World May Be Flat” is set in an Orlando apartment. The play follows Noah, a Pulse survivor struggling to process unresolved trauma a decade later, and Jagger, his younger partner, shaped by a different cultural and political reality.
The playwright behind the show says their goal is to get the message out that, as a community, we need to continue supporting the long-term mental health needs of survivors. They see the play as a call to community action in ways other memorialization efforts sometimes cannot.
“The World May Be Flat” will be at the Dr. Phillips Center because, in the days after Pulse, the Performing Arts Center became a major public gathering space for mourning and solidarity.
The show’s organizers say presenting the play there 10 years later places the production within the same civic landscape that shaped the city’s response to the tragedy.
“The World May Be Flat” will be inside Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater for one night only on June 14 at 8 p.m. Click here for ticket information.