The Triangle Factory Fire Project February 7, 2011

TACT/The Actors Company Theatre will present a one-night only concert reading of 'The Triangle Factory Fire Project,' its critically-acclaimed 2004 Off Broadway production. Proceeds benefit TACT and the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial Fund. The reading will be the kickoff event leading up to the city-wide commemoration of the centenary of the tragic fire at The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory that took place on March 25, 1911. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company was located one block east of Washington Square Park in New York City. On March 25, 1911 a fire broke out. That day there were over 500 employees working - most of them were recent immigrants, many of them young women. In the end 146 people died. The fire became a rallying cry for the international labor movement, women's rights, the suffrage movement, worker's rights and fire safety laws, and a symbol of corporate neglect and injustice. A reception with the cast will follow the performance.