A Canadian Premiere
Winner of the 2015 Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition
We acknowledge the support of:
Supporting Sponsors:
The Jay and Barbara Hennick Family Foundation
Set Sponsor:
Andrew Krystal
On Saturday, March 25, 1911, at 4:45pm, a fire broke out on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on the lower east side of Manhattan. Within ten minutes, 146 workers, most of them young women, most of them recent immigrants, lay dead, either on the floor of the sweatshop, or on the street eight stories below. The Great Divide provides an insight into the immigrant and refugee experience of the early 20th Century, and those who paid the ultimate price for seeking opportunity and a new life across the ocean.
Mairi Babb
Darrin Baker
Sarah Gibbons
Tal Gottfried
Lawrence Libor
This Talkback will be led by Elise Herzig, the Executive Director of JIAS (Jewish Immigrant Aid Services), and Jodi Block, the Manager of Community Engagement at JIAS Toronto. JIAS is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Jewish Immigrant Aid Services in Canada.
This Talkback will be led by Elise Herzig, the Executive Director of JIAS (Jewish Immigrant Aid Services), and Jodi Block, the Manager of Community Engagement at JIAS Toronto. JIAS is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Jewish Immigrant Aid Services in Canada.
