Written by Christopher Piehler and Scott Alan Evans, the piece was produced to acclaim by TACT/The Actors Company Theatre, which is reviving it as a benefit for TACT and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial Fund.
The performance, according to TACT, "will be the kickoff event leading up to the city-wide commemoration of the centenary of the tragic fire at The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory," which happened March 25, 1911, near Washington Square.
The 7:30 PM performance at Theatre 80 on St. Mark's Place will feature TACT co-artistic director Cynthia Harris and original cast members from the 2004 Off-Broadway production Jamie Bennett, Nora Chester, Francesca Di Mauro, Timothy McCracken, James Murtaugh and Scott Schafer, as well as guest artists Victoria Mack and Jeff Talbott. A reception with the cast will follow the performance.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Company, located one block east of Washington Square Park in New York City, was ravaged by fire on March 25, 1911. There were more than 500 employees working that day — most of them were recent immigrants, many of them young women. In the end, 146 people died. The fire became a rallying cry for the international labor movement, women's rights, the suffrage movement, workers' rights, workplace safety, fire safety laws, and a symbol of corporate neglect and injustice.
According to TACT, 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. The play has subsequently been published by Dramatist Play Service and has since received productions all over the country." Company designers Mary Louise Geiger (lights), Daryl Bornstein (sound) and David Toser (costumes) will also be represented, with original music composed by Colin McGrath. Company member Meredith Dixon will stage manage the evening with assistance from Megan E. Coutts. The production will be directed by co-artistic director Scott Alan Evans.
Tickets are $100 ($70 tax-deductible) and may be purchased by visiting www.theater80.net or by calling (212) 388-0388.
For more information, please visit www.tactnyc.org.
