This Flat Earth

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This Flat Earth
Written byLindsey Ferrentino
Characters
  • Julie
  • Dan
  • Zander
  • Lisa
  • Cloris
Date premieredMarch 2018
Place premieredPlaywrights Horizons
Original languageEnglish
GenreDrama
SettingNew England

This Flat Earth is a 2018 play by Lindsey Ferrentino. [1] The play officially opened Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in March of 2018. [2] In The New York Times , Ben Brantley described it as, "Lindsey Ferrentino's most daring play to date, with profound and essential subjects. There is no denying the urgency of this work." [1] It received the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. [3] [4]

Plot

This Flat Earth is a contemporary play about Julie and Zander, two twelve year olds who try to make sense of the world when the unthinkable - a school shooting - occurs at their middle school. [2] [5] [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "This Flat Earth". Playwrights Horizons. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  3. Editors, American Theatre (July 10, 2017). "13 New Plays Get Extra Boost from Edgerton Round 1 Grants". American Theatre. Retrieved September 20, 2019.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. Clement, Olivia (July 10, 2017). "This Ain't No Disco, Joshua Harmon's Skintight, and More Are Recipients of Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards". Playbill . Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  5. Teeman, Tim (April 10, 2018). "'This Flat Earth' Brings a School Massacre to the Stage". The Daily Beast . Retrieved September 11, 2019.