Washington Place

Many have heard about the devastating Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on New York City's Lower East Side in 1911, and about the important labor laws enacted in its deadly wake. But no one knows much, if anything, about the lives of the young women caught up in this tragedy. Now David Brendan Hopes beautifully imagines their lives for us, bringing us their passions, hopes, and dreams, as well as their songs and laughter, in an effervescent, moving world premiere.

Author: David Brendan Hopes
Publisher: Sublime Theater & Press, Inc
Published: 05/31/2021
Pages: 82
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9781952720048

About the Author
Hopes, David Brendan: - David Brendan Hopes is a poet, a playwright, and an author of fiction and nonfiction prose. His theatrical works have been produced in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and regionally, including Asheville, NC, where he lives. He has twice received the North Carolina New Play Project Prize, as well as the Holland New Voices Playwriting Award, the Sprenger Foundation Award for Historical Drama, the Desert Star Award for Best Original Writing, the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Award for Playwriting, and the Siena Playwrights' Prize. Poetry accolades include the Juniper Prize and the Saxifrage Prize. Originally from Ohio, Hopes taught at Hiram College, Syracuse University, Phillips Exeter Academy, and the University of North Carolina at Asheville. His published novels include The Falls of Wyona, which won the Quill Prize from Red Hen Press; Night, Sleep and The Dreams of Lovers; and The One with the Beautiful Necklaces. His nature essays, A Sense of the Morning and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, appeared from Milkweed Editions and his memoir, A Childhood in the Milky Way, from Akron University Press.

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