November 1, 2016

Granoff Center, Studio One

A staged reading of new plays from noted international playwrights in response to the shooting at Pulse Nightclub on June 12, 2016.

After Orlando was a coordinated international theatre action started by Missing Bolt Productions and NoPassport Theatre in New York with over 50 participating play readings happening in theatre across the country written in response to the shooting on June 12, 2016 in which 49 people were killed and 53 wounded inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

The Providence production of After Orlando was presented by TAPS at Brown and The Wilbury Theatre Group, in association with Brown/Trinity MFA programs and Rites and Reason Theatre, and featuref readings of new plays by Nathan Allen Davis, Jersey Bates, Leah Nanako Winkler, Madeline Sayet, Erik Ehn, Oladipo Agbluaje, Caridad Savich, Rohina Malik, and Korde Tuttle. Plays were acted and directed by local artists and  featured a musical performance by The Providence Gay Men’s Chorus.

The event was free, donations were collected at the door to support Youth Pride RI, a nonprofit support organization for LGBTQQ youths throughout Rhode Island. Learn more about Youth Pride RI at www.youthprideri.org.