[Capdist-auditions] Auditions for Triangle Fire Set for January 8 and 10, 2008

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Auditions  for The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Project will be held on 
Tuesday and  Thursday, January 8 and 10, 2008 at the Playhouse located at 12 S. 
Church  Street, Schenectady starting at 7:30 PM.  Based on survivor 
interviews,  eye-witness accounts and court transcripts, “The Triangle Shirtwaist 
Factory  Fire Project” is a dramatization of the worst industrial fire of it’s 
time, one  that ultimately led to sweeping reforms in worker’s rights and safety 
laws for  all. To many, it was the “9/11” of it’s time. As a dramatic piece, 
it is very  much like “The Laramie Project” and “The Trials of Oscar Wilde”. 
 The play starts with the early garment  worker strikes of 1911, and then 
moves into the fateful day of the fire. Nine  actors perform the many characters 
involved in disaster, from those trapped  inside the building, to those who 
tried to help on the outside. The second act  then illustrates the courtroom 
battle that ensued between the victims and owners  of the factory.   Think “Law  
and Order” ... with bribed witnesses, jury manipulation and outrageous court  
room testimony...except it is all based on facts.  Each actor gets to play 4 
roles. For  example, Actor 1 may play an Irish cop, a Jewish factory foreman, a 
leading  attorney and an eyewitness. Actress 1 may play a 16 year old 
Lithuanian factory  worker, an office accountant, a suffragette and a grieving 
mother.  A good resource to look at prior to  auditions would be 
www.ilr.cornell.edu/Trianglefire. This site contains many  helpful images and documents, 
including several used in writing this play. Or  simply do a search using the word “
shirtwaist” and you will find hundreds of  sites on the topic. For more play 
related info please call Richard Roe  @577-3777. 




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