Theatre Columbus State presents The Triangle Factory Fire Project

In keeping with this season's theme of "Defining Moments: Crisis in America," director Frank Barnhart presents Christopher Piehler's The Triangle Factory Fire Project. This ambitious production concerns an historic 1911 catastrophe that killed 186 immigrant factory workers in Manhattan.

Hundreds of laborers were locked inside the Triangle Waist Company near Washington Square when a blaze started, on March 25, 1911. Less than half an hour later, 146 of them had died. The cast of the drama portray victims of the fire, recounting their harrowing death experiences, and (sometimes in multiple roles) figures from the manslaughter trial of the factory owners, presided over by Judge C.T. Crain.

Theatre Columbus State's Nancy Kephart says, "This defining moment helped shape social, economic, and political policies for decades, culminating in child labor laws and more humane treatment of the workforce."

The Triangle Factory Fire Project will be presented in Nestor Hall Auditorium on
     Wednesday, November 14, at 8:00 p.m.
     Thursday, November 15, at 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
     Friday, November 16, at 8:00 p.m.
     Saturday, November 17, at 8:00 p.m.

All performances are free, and open to the public. Download the poster (pdf. file).

Posted:  November 4, 2007

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