Voices From the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

This play, by Wade Hair, is a powerful theatrical chronicle of the tragic March 1911 disaster that became the deadliest day in New York City history prior to September 11, 2001. In just over thirty minutes, a devastating blaze tore through the city's largest "shirtwaist" factory, claiming the lives of 146 immigrant pieceworkers and exposing egregious safety violations. This gripping production explores the human cost of industrial greed, tracking how a single horrific afternoon provided the spark that ignited the American labor-reform movement and revolutionized modern fire safety codes.