Days after the Pulse shooting, Missing Bolts Productions’ Blair Baker and Zac Kline along with NoPassport Theatre Alliance’s Caridad Svich came together to create an international, playwright-driven theatre action in the wake to the tragedy.
“After Orlando,” a collection of short plays that were specifically written in response to Pulse, has been read at more than 75 venues across the U.S. and the U.K. Now, That Uppity Theatre Company and Mad Cow Theatre, in association with the Association for Theatre In Higher Education, Missing Bolts Productions and NoPassport Theatre Alliance will present a selection of scenes from the full play in a production called “After Orlando: A Collection of Readings” at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando on Aug. 9.
“In our 24-hour news cycle, many people have moved on to focusing on the latest episode of gun violence. But it is not over for us in Orlando. Pulse Nightclub is closed operationally but lives on in our hearts. Many people are still dealing with the aftermath of the shooting. It is very, very present for this community,” said Mitzi Maxwell, Artistic Director of Mad Cow, in a press release, adding that she was honored to be asked to co-produce “After Orlando” here in Central Florida and showcase the talented artists in the area.
Each play reading is between three and eight minutes in length and will feature a professional cast of 10 with each of the readings being directed by Monica Tamborello, Tara Kromer, Kenny Howard and Joan Lipkin.
“There’s something urgent and necessary about reading and staging these plays and that may be why there has been such response internationally to the material. To perform and to watch is to enter the experience of the other. It is a crucial gateway to empathy and one more way to encourage appreciation of diversity. And its format makes it ideal for academic settings,” said Lipkin in a press release.
“After Orlando: A Collection of Readings” is free to the public and will be followed by a post show discussion after the readings. Tickets are available at MadCowTheatre.TicketLeap.com/After-Orlando.
