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Let’s talk about the Black Tom explosion, the first terrorist attack on America Updated Feb 03, 2021; Posted Feb 03, 2021 Pictured: the aftermath of the 1916 Black Tom Explosion in Jersey City. A free virtual panel discussion about the event will take place on Sunday, Feb. 7, at 3 p.m. EST on Zoom. Facebook Share Art House’s recent adaptation of Martin Casella’s “Black Tom Island” has been released to the public. Now it’s time to talk about it. A free virtual panel discussion about the actual historical event on which the play is based will take place on Sunday, Feb. 7, at 3 p.m. EST on Zoom. ....
New radio play dramatizes terror attack at Black Tom Updated Jan 27, 2021; Posted Jan 27, 2021 Playwright Martin Casella’s “Black Tom Island” has been adapted into a radio play by Art House Productions and is available for download. Facebook Share On the morning of July 30, 1916, one of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions took place in Jersey City when German saboteurs destroyed a U.S. munitions depot on Black Tom Island. Playwright Martin Casella’s “Black Tom Island,” based on the actual incident and seen through the lens of a fictionalized Slovak immigrant and his wife, who may or may not have been involved in the attack, has now been adapted into a radio play by Art House Productions and is available for download. ....
Hudson Reporter Art House Productions Releases BLACK TOM ISLAND Radio Play ❮ ❮ ❯ Art House Productions (Meredith Burns, Executive Director) is proud to announce their first audio play, Black Tom Island by Martin Casella. This free audio play is available for download on www.arthouseproductions.org and www.youtube.com/arthouseproductions. A free virtual panel discussion about the actual event featuring historians and the play’s creative team will take place on Sunday, February 7 at 3:00pm EST on Zoom. Based on an actual incident that took place in Jersey City in 1916, Black Tom Island explores the first documented terrorist attack on American soil through the lens of a fictionalized Slovak immigrant and his wife who may or may not be involved in the attack. Funded in part through the Hudson County Historical Partnership Grant, the original project was imagined to include in-person readings on location in Jersey City, however, to adapt the projec ....