ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe World May Be Flat\u201d is described as an intimate two-character drama exploring survival and everything that comes after.<\/p>\n
Rather than recalling the tragedy itself, the show focuses on what happened afterwards: survivor\u2019s guilt, grief, internalized shame, memory, and the increasing pressure to move on in a world that often expects silence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe World May Be Flat\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
People laid candles, wreaths and flowers outside of Dr. Phillips Center in the hours after the Pulse shooting. (WKMG)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe World May Be Flat\u201d 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.<\/p>\n
The show\u2019s organizers say presenting the play there 10 years later places the production within the same civic landscape that shaped the city\u2019s response to the tragedy.<\/p>\n