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With theaters being forced to bring their curtains down for far longer than anyone imagined, artists all over the country are inventing new methods to continue to create and present their craft. A group of us, formerly from TACT/The Actors Company Theatre, an award-winning Off-Broadway theatre company in New York City, are proud to be doing just that with this special production.
We have worked for the past several months to create an innovative Podcast/Audio Version of THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE PROJECT, a play TACT premiered Off-Broadway in 2004. This Audio production, which consists of three episodes, has been recorded remotely from the actors' homes all over the globe. Production and editing have also been done remotely.
Using eyewitness accounts, court transcripts, and other archival material, THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE PROJECT weaves together a dramatic moment-by-moment account of this historic 1911 fire in New York City and the enormous social upheaval that followed. The event became a flash point for many social justice issues of the time — worker’s rights, women’s rights, immigrant rights, suffrage, fire safety, and the trade union movement — issues that remain potently resonant today.
Here's a short "teaser" we've cut together to give you just a taste of the project:
As we come upon March 25, 2021, the 110th anniversary of this terrible tragedy, we present this play via PODCAST in the hopes of broadening the awareness of this historic event, and to pay homage to the many victims, mostly young immigrant women, who perished on that fateful day.
HOW WILL YOUR SUPPORT BE USED?
Your donations will be used expressly to pay all the professional artists involved in the project for their time and talents.
Donations of $10 or more will receive all three episodes of the play via online download.
Donations of $25 or more will receive the above and additional program information with Cast & Creatives bios.
Donations of $50 or more will receive the above and additional dramaturgical information and archival photos from the fire.
Donations of $100 or more will receive the above and a PDF transcription of the complete script of the Audio Play.
Once we reach our initial fundraising goals, all three episodes will be released via our podcast platform and will be available to all free of charge. Any subsequent funding that may be generated by this work will be shared by all the artists involved. We are artists working as artists supporting artists.
If all goes well, our plan is to present other works of theatre for the audio environment under the company name of HEAR PLAY / Audio Theatre, whose mission will continue to be to support artists making art.
Your backing during these challenging times means so much to us all. As we continue to navigate through the current uncertainty, having an outlet to express our creative talents and be remunerated for it is something for which we are incredibly grateful. Thank you for supporting this project.
THE ARTISTS:
JEREMY BECK, JUDY BLAZER, DARYL BORNSTEIN, NORA CHESTER, FRANCESCA DI MAURO, SCOTT ALAN EVANS, JEFFREY C. HAWKINS, SIMON JONES, JACK KOENIG, MAIRIN LEE, ALLAN LOKOS, VICTORIA MACK, COLIN McGRATH, CHRISTOPHER PIEHLER, JOHN PLUMPIS, & TONY ROACH.
MORE ABOUT THE PLAY:
THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE PROJECT
EPISODE 1: THE STRIKE (1909) & THE FIRE (MARCH 1911)
EPISODE 2: CHARITIES PIER
EPISODE 3: THE DEFENSE
The Triangle Waist Company was one of New York City’s largest garment factories of its day. Located in the ten story Ashe Building just off Washington Square in downtown Manhattan, Triangle employed over 500 workers, many of them immigrants from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Italy. These workers, mostly young women, toiled fourteen-hour days making a popular lady’s garment: the shirtwaist.
On Saturday, March 25, 1911, just as the closing bell is about to ring at 4:45PM, a cigarette is tossed into a bin of fabric scraps on the eighth floor. Despite desperate efforts, flames rapidly sweep through the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors of the loft building — the three floors the Triangle Waist Company inhabits.
On the ninth floor, panic-stricken workers run in all directions. Some make it to the fire escape, only to have it collapse beneath their weight. Dozens leap from the windows to their deaths, shocking the crowd of onlookers gathered below. Others run to the exit door but find it locked—many, including the soon-to-be-married Margaret Schwartz, die with their hands clutching the doorknob. And some, through bravery or sheer luck, make it out alive. In the space of twenty-eight minutes, the fire is under control, but 146 people, mainly young immigrant women, have died.
THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE PROJECT uses eyewitness accounts, court transcripts and other archival material to create a dramatic moment-by-moment account of this historic fire and the social upheaval that followed. It culminates in the manslaughter trial of the owners, Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, the repercussions of which shaped social, political, and economic policies for decades to come.
By using real words spoken by real people — from Ukrainian seamstresses to millionaire Fifth Avenue socialites — THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE PROJECT paints a heartbreakingly clear picture of a disastrous day in American history and explores the human toll such a tragedy takes on us all.
The original production was a popular and critical success (see reviews below). It has been published by Dramatists Play Service and continues to receive hundreds of productions across the country.
https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3500
REVIEWS FROM THE ORIGINAL OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTION:
“Electrically directed by Scott Alan Evans, and dynamically acted by the whole company, it is one of the theatre events of the season. Everyone involved does a brilliant job in this searing play, which reminds us why theatre exists.” —NY Post.
“A good play is a wonderful distraction. A great play tugs at your emotional core. A truly great play does all that and also affects its audience by triggering memories and influencing one’s view of events. THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE is one of the plays that falls into the last category.” —OffOffOnline.
“The creative pieces of this puzzle—cast, director, writer and designers—come together beautifully in a collaborative blaze of sadness, energy and poignancy. One can only hope that 100 years from now we might have the same perspective on our own New York tragedy.” —Broadway.com.
With theaters being forced to bring their curtains down for far longer than anyone imagined, artists all over the country are inventing new methods to continue to create and present their craft. A group of us, formerly from TACT/The Actors Company Theatre, an award-winning Off-Broadway theatre company in New York City, are proud to be doing just that with this special production.
We have worked for the past several months to create an innovative Podcast/Audio Version of THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE PROJECT, a play TACT premiered Off-Broadway in 2004. This Audio production, which consists of three episodes, has been recorded remotely from the actors' homes all over the globe. Production and editing have also been done remotely.
Using eyewitness accounts, court transcripts, and other archival material, THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE PROJECT weaves together a dramatic moment-by-moment account of this historic 1911 fire in New York City and the enormous social upheaval that followed. The event became a flash point for many social justice issues of the time — worker’s rights, women’s rights, immigrant rights, suffrage, fire safety, and the trade union movement — issues that remain potently resonant today.
Here's a short "teaser" we've cut together to give you just a taste of the project:
As we come upon March 25, 2021, the 110th anniversary of this terrible tragedy, we present this play via PODCAST in the hopes of broadening the awareness of this historic event, and to pay homage to the many victims, mostly young immigrant women, who perished on that fateful day.
HOW WILL YOUR SUPPORT BE USED?
Your donations will be used expressly to pay all the professional artists involved in the project for their time and talents.
Donations of $10 or more will receive all three episodes of the play via online download.
Donations of $25 or more will receive the above and additional program information with Cast & Creatives bios.
Donations of $50 or more will receive the above and additional dramaturgical information and archival photos from the fire.
Donations of $100 or more will receive the above and a PDF transcription of the complete script of the Audio Play.
Once we reach our initial fundraising goals, all three episodes will be released via our podcast platform and will be available to all free of charge. Any subsequent funding that may be generated by this work will be shared by all the artists involved. We are artists working as artists supporting artists.
If all goes well, our plan is to present other works of theatre for the audio environment under the company name of HEAR PLAY / Audio Theatre, whose mission will continue to be to support artists making art.
Your backing during these challenging times means so much to us all. As we continue to navigate through the current uncertainty, having an outlet to express our creative talents and be remunerated for it is something for which we are incredibly grateful. Thank you for supporting this project.
THE ARTISTS:
JEREMY BECK, JUDY BLAZER, DARYL BORNSTEIN, NORA CHESTER, FRANCESCA DI MAURO, SCOTT ALAN EVANS, JEFFREY C. HAWKINS, SIMON JONES, JACK KOENIG, MAIRIN LEE, ALLAN LOKOS, VICTORIA MACK, COLIN McGRATH, CHRISTOPHER PIEHLER, JOHN PLUMPIS, & TONY ROACH.
MORE ABOUT THE PLAY:
THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE PROJECT
EPISODE 1: THE STRIKE (1909) & THE FIRE (MARCH 1911)
EPISODE 2: CHARITIES PIER
EPISODE 3: THE DEFENSE
The Triangle Waist Company was one of New York City’s largest garment factories of its day. Located in the ten story Ashe Building just off Washington Square in downtown Manhattan, Triangle employed over 500 workers, many of them immigrants from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Italy. These workers, mostly young women, toiled fourteen-hour days making a popular lady’s garment: the shirtwaist.
On Saturday, March 25, 1911, just as the closing bell is about to ring at 4:45PM, a cigarette is tossed into a bin of fabric scraps on the eighth floor. Despite desperate efforts, flames rapidly sweep through the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors of the loft building — the three floors the Triangle Waist Company inhabits.
On the ninth floor, panic-stricken workers run in all directions. Some make it to the fire escape, only to have it collapse beneath their weight. Dozens leap from the windows to their deaths, shocking the crowd of onlookers gathered below. Others run to the exit door but find it locked—many, including the soon-to-be-married Margaret Schwartz, die with their hands clutching the doorknob. And some, through bravery or sheer luck, make it out alive. In the space of twenty-eight minutes, the fire is under control, but 146 people, mainly young immigrant women, have died.
THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE PROJECT uses eyewitness accounts, court transcripts and other archival material to create a dramatic moment-by-moment account of this historic fire and the social upheaval that followed. It culminates in the manslaughter trial of the owners, Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, the repercussions of which shaped social, political, and economic policies for decades to come.
By using real words spoken by real people — from Ukrainian seamstresses to millionaire Fifth Avenue socialites — THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE PROJECT paints a heartbreakingly clear picture of a disastrous day in American history and explores the human toll such a tragedy takes on us all.
The original production was a popular and critical success (see reviews below). It has been published by Dramatists Play Service and continues to receive hundreds of productions across the country.
https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3500
REVIEWS FROM THE ORIGINAL OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTION:
“Electrically directed by Scott Alan Evans, and dynamically acted by the whole company, it is one of the theatre events of the season. Everyone involved does a brilliant job in this searing play, which reminds us why theatre exists.” —NY Post.
“A good play is a wonderful distraction. A great play tugs at your emotional core. A truly great play does all that and also affects its audience by triggering memories and influencing one’s view of events. THE TRIANGLE FACTORY FIRE is one of the plays that falls into the last category.” —OffOffOnline.
“The creative pieces of this puzzle—cast, director, writer and designers—come together beautifully in a collaborative blaze of sadness, energy and poignancy. One can only hope that 100 years from now we might have the same perspective on our own New York tragedy.” —Broadway.com.
Co-organizers (2)
Scott Evans
Organizer
New York, NY
Daryl Bornstein
Co-organizer