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17³Ô¹Ï Theatre Arts Presents:

Radium Girls!

 

By DW Gregory
Directed by Tom Gough

Performances: May 27–June 12, Thursdays–Sundays

The Story: Radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not just with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire.

FEATURING:

 

Pictured from left: Kayli Smith as Irene; Sydney Harmon as Kathryn; Caitlyn Kyong as Grace

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