This Flat Earth

This Flat Earth
Written by	Lindsey Ferrentino
Characters	Julie; Dan; Zander; Lisa; Cloris;
Date premiered	March 2018
Place premiered	Playwrights Horizons
Original language	English
Genre	Drama
Setting	New 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]

gollark: Okay then.

gollark: Oh, well, you have 6 hours.

gollark: Also, you ARE to have your code guessing entry submitted.

gollark: It's a computer science lesson with Mr Wilde, however, that it would replace.

gollark: It's not like it'll take time outside of lessons.

References

Brantley, Ben (April 29, 2018). "Review: 'This Flat Earth' Traces Childhood Fears No Parent Can Allay". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
"This Flat Earth". Playwrights Horizons. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
Editors, American Theatre (July 10, 2017). "13 New Plays Get Extra Boost from Edgerton Round 1 Grants". American Theatre. Retrieved September 20, 2019.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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.
Teeman, Tim (April 10, 2018). "'This Flat Earth' Brings a School Massacre to the Stage". The Daily Beast. Retrieved September 11, 2019.

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[nyt-1] Brantley, Ben (April 29, 2018). "Review: 'This Flat Earth' Traces Childhood Fears No Parent Can Allay". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 20, 2019.

[playwright-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.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

[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.