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Crash at Crush at Dallas theater
By Carl Hoover
| Thursday, September 4, 2008, 01:38 PM
Apologies for not getting this up last weekend, which means this is the final weekend for the Dallas Hub Theater’s production “The Crash at Crush.” It’s playwright Jo Morello’s account of the famous/infamous 1896 railroad promotional stunt near West that sent two locomotive engines racing toward each other for a smash-up, with tickets sold to those wanting to witness the spectacular wreck.
A lot wanted to witness the crash, it turned out, with more than 40,000 spectators massing in stands for the event created by Katy railroad ticket agent William G. Crush. It went according to plan - until the engines’ steam boilers exploded after impact, killing three people and seriously injuring six more with flying engine parts.
Morello workshopped her play in Waco more than a year ago, including an open reading of the script directed by Baylor theater professor Marion Castleberry at the Waco Hippodrome Theatre.
The full production - complete with a stage dramatization of the colliding steam engines - continues this weekend with performances at 7:30 tonight and 8:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 5-6. Tickets cost $25, available online here or here.
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By Marie Kilker
September 14, 2008 6:35 PM | Link to this
I read and heard readings of the script for this play but was not able to get to Waco for the world premiere on stage. Has no one written a review? Has no one a comment on the play and production?