Triangle Factory Fire Project – Rainy Day Artistic Collective @ Theatre 4 (Seattle Center)
The Triangle Factory Fire Project uses eyewitness accounts, court transcripts and other archival material to create a dramatic moment-by-moment account of the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911 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.
Written by Christopher Piehler with Scott Alan Evans; directed by Jack Seamus Conley.
Location: Theatre 4 (Seattle Center Armory)
Tickets ($30) here.