Big Machine (fka The Butterfly Room)
At home in 1924, a girl has big dreams of going to college and breaking free of the factory town. Her brother takes a day job at a New Jersey oil refinery where he meets a rag-tag group of young workers for whom America is anything but booming. Big Machine recounts the real-life events surrounding the 1924 incident at Bayway Standard Oil through the lens of both those who worked there and those responsible. Big Machine is written by St. Louisan and Music Director of COCA’s Vocal Company Colin Healy.
