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Greetings from Mission Control!
Pack your astronaut ice cream – we're going on a trip! The Writers' Room, comprised of playwrights Elizabeth Salazar, Erin Lerch, Michael Lin, Kevin Mullins, and Sari Boren, along with Showrunner Jake Scaltreto, Story Producer Melissa de Jesus, and Science Advisor Dray Bowens-Rubin, has been meeting regularly since early January. Each playwright is writing a 15-minute section of a new, full-length, science fiction play, which takes place on a spaceship outward bound from our home planet, over a period of several thousand years and spanning many generations.
Meet the Bridge Crew
The team in the Writers' Room has been sharing some thoughts about the project on social media over the past few weeks. See them all on our YouTube channel!
Happy New Year from the Earthlings! (Guess what? 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀)
🚀 We're Re-Launching! 🚀
Flat Earth Theatre will celebrate its 20th birthday in August of 2026, and in celebration, we're making theatre again (we know you've been wondering)! Here's what Mission Control is getting lined up for the countdown:
• 5 Playwrights convene this month, along with a Showrunner, a Science Advisor, and a Story Producer
• The crew will grow through spring and summer, as we sign on actors, designers, technicians, engineers, and maybe a robot or two... (click the "collaborator interest form" button below if you might like to be one of them!)
• Preparing for liftoff, fall 2026!
New Year! New Works! New Collaborations! New Stories!
Erin Lerch on Pinch Point, Playwriting, and... Penguins?
Playwright Erin Lerch took a break from exploring Antarctica and befriending penguins to talk about finding hope in the post-apocalyptic world of their new play Pinch Point.
Join us for the FREE public reading of Pinch Point Tuesday, March 21 at 7:30pm at the Mosesian Center for the Arts.
Mark your calendar to join us for a free new play reading!
Since last fall, the Earthlings have been busy in secret, developing a new play called Pinch Point with playwright Erin Lerch.
We first met Erin when we produced their 10-minute play Random Access Memory in the 2020 Boston Theater Marathon: Special Zoom Edition, and have been avid fans of their work ever since. When director Josh Glenn-Kayden (of our pandemic-canceled June 2020 premier of Amy Berryman's Walden) reached out to us about working with Erin on Pinch Point, it was clear this was the perfect collaboration to lean in to our apocalyptic tendencies while stepping out into the sunlight.
Join us Tuesday, March 21st, 7:30 PM at the Mosesian Center for the Arts for the FREE first public reading of Pinch Point!
Postponed: 7 Rooms Reprise
Our 7 Rooms playwrights, directors, actors, and other collaborators brought an important issue to our attention. In our haste to make 7 Rooms: the Masque of the Red Death available to audiences again, we had made some mistakes. We were so excited to broadcast this reprise for Halloween that we did not take the time to make sure that all our collaborators were involved and empowered around the re-use of their work.
There is very little norm or precedent for virtual theatre; we are all creating new rules as we learn to navigate this new medium, and Flat Earth Theatre is trying to do so in an equitable way. Over the past week, we have been in conversation with our collaborators and seeking a path forward, but have come to the difficult realization that it is not possible to re-broadcast this show this October in a way that is fair and comfortable for our full team.
We will therefore be indefinitely postponing the 7 Rooms reprise.
As the theatre-making landscape changes, both virtually and live on stages, we want to help establish new norms for the theatre community and for ourselves. We are endlessly grateful to be part of a circle of collaborators that so emphasizes equity, inclusion, and respect for artists. We are grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from our collaborators as we continue to clarify our values as a company, and we welcome and invite these conversations as we continue to grow as theatremakers.