WHS Theatre Ensemble Presents Story of 1911 NYC Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The play will run from Nov. 15-Nov. 17.
The article below was written by Rachel Beth Cohen Step away from that familiar chair in the place you have been calling home and set out for the Wayland High School Main Stage on Thursday, Nov. 15 to see the school’s original production of Voices from the Fire. Created, produced and performed by an ensemble cast of over 20 Wayland High School students, with and under the direction of the school’s theater arts and dramatic arts teacher, Richard Weingartner, the cast presents the story of the 1911 fire that destroyed the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City. Wayland High School Theatre Ensemble (WHSTE) cast members together and individually researched the 146 garment workers, primarily young recent immigrant women, who were killed …
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