Before the pandemic hit, playwright Matthew-Lee Erlbach was working on a play about American labor movements between 1890 and 1920 — an era that many associate with seamstresses jumping out of a burning factory during the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Upton Sinclair’s exposés of foul meat factory buildings or Mother Jones’ tireless organizing on behalf of mine workers.
Before the pandemic hit, playwright Matthew-Lee Erlbach was working on a play about American labor movements between 1890 and 1920 — an era that many associate with seamstresses jumping out of a burning factory during the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, Upton Sinclair’s exposés of foul meat factory buildings or Mother Jones’ tireless organizing on behalf of mine workers.
