Editing SS Eastland (section)

== In popular culture ==
The disaster was incorporated into the 1999 series premiere of the [[Disney Channel]] original series ''[[So Weird]]'', in which teenage paranormal enthusiast Fiona Phillips encounters the ghost of a boy who drowned.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AwesomeTVShows |title=So Weird 1x01 – Family Reunion |url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28etg8_so-weird-1x01-family-reunion_tv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108121520/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28etg8_so-weird-1x01-family-reunion_tv |archive-date=8 January 2015 |access-date=7 March 2015 |website=Dailymotion}}</ref>

In 2012, Chicago's [[Lookingglass Theatre Company|Lookingglass Theatre]] produced a musical entitled ''Eastland: A New Musical'', written by Andy White and scored by [[Ben Collins-Sussman]] and [[Andre Pluess]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ingram |first=Bruce |date=2012-06-28 |title=Musical Memorial for a Chicago Tragedy |work=Deerfield Review |publisher=Pioneer Press |location=Glenview, IL |pages=98=B}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Zoglin |first=Richard |date=27 June 2012 |title=Scandal in the Second City: Two Remarkable Shows From Chicago |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/27/great-windy-way-two-remarkable-shows-from-chicago/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306171601/https://entertainment.time.com/2012/06/27/great-windy-way-two-remarkable-shows-from-chicago/ |archive-date=6 March 2021 |access-date=7 September 2020 |magazine=Time}}</ref>

The ''Eastland'' disaster is also pivotal to the story of one family told in the play/musical ''Failure: A Love Story'', written by Philip Dawkins, which premiered in Chicago in 2012 at [[Victory Gardens Theater]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 July 2019 |title=Failure: A Love Story* |url=https://victorygardens.org/event/failure-a-love-story/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828003136/https://victorygardens.org/event/failure-a-love-story/ |archive-date=28 August 2022 |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=Victory Gardens |language=en-US}}</ref> The play premiered in Los Angeles on 24 July 2015, the 100th anniversary of the tragedy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rohrer |first=Jason |date=24 July 2015 |title=Theater Review: FAILURE: A LOVE STORY (Coeurage Theatre Company at GTC in Burbank – Los Angeles) |url=http://www.stageandcinema.com/2015/07/24/failure-a-love-story-coeurage/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728014027/http://www.stageandcinema.com/2015/07/24/failure-a-love-story-coeurage |archive-date=2015-07-28 |access-date=22 March 2018 |website=stageandcinema.com}}</ref> The play was again staged in Chicago at the Oil Lamp Theater and was nominated for multiple awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Failure: A Love Story |url=https://oillamptheater.org/calendar/failure-a-love-story/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809151001/https://oillamptheater.org/calendar/failure-a-love-story/ |archive-date=9 August 2022 |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=Oil Lamp Theater}}</ref>

In 2024, Chicago's [[Neo-Futurists]] produced a puppetry show based on the disaster entitled ''Switchboard''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-21 |title=SWITCHBOARD |url=https://neofuturists.org/events/switchboard/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=The Neo-Futurist Theater |language=en-US}}</ref>