Where:
Utley Middle School
1201 Townsend Drive
Rockwall, TX 75087
Saturday, March 25, 1911 at 4:45 P.M. In the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory off downtown Manhattan's Washington Square—where 500 immigrant workers from Poland, Russia and Italy toil fourteen-hour days making lady's dresses—a cigarette is tossed into a bin of fabric scraps. Despite desperate efforts, flames sweep through the eighth, ninth and tenth floors. Panic-stricken workers run in all directions. On the ninth floor, some make it to the fire escape, only to have it collapse beneath their weight. Others run to the exit door but find it locked—many, including the soon-to-be-married Margaret Schwartz, die with their hands on the doorknob. Dozens leap from the windows to their deaths, shocking the crowd of onlookers gathered below. 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 girls, 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, whose shocking acquittal inspires new outrage across New York and the entire country, 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. http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=3500
The cast includes:
Adam Simonitch, James Hoover, Matt Hunt, Robbie Castillo, Sterling Meyers, Sam George, Gustavo Rodriguez, Cameron Frazier, Bryan Oliveira, Adam Hampton, Enrico Trevisani, Tijana Neskovic, Maddie Teague, Katy Peterson, Mady Townsend, Libby Tolle, Caitlyn Ford, Shannon White, Giovanna Florencia, Josey Jagielo, Krystal Warren, Jenni Owens, Amy Meyers, Abbey Joo, Haley Welch, Jordan Nuncio, Kara Foster, Whitnee Bomkamp
The crew includes:
Jordan Nuncio, Jessica Beckwith, Savannah Haynes, Abby Childers, Olivia Britton, Caroline Sears, Katie Edsall, Aimee Johnson, Lyyli Mattson, Hannah Jelic
Directed by Becky Henderson
Dialect Coach/Fight Choreographer-Matt Mitchell
We hope to see you come out and support the RHS Theatre Arts Dept.!!!
