Kearsley High School’s Drama Club proudly presents:
Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory
Nov. 21-23
Kearsley High School Auditorium
Tickets: $10 - Purchase in advance at: kvm.ludus.com and available at the door.
The fall production of the Radium Girls, directed by Amber Schroeder, has 39 students involved. Student leaders include:
Kira McClure - playing the lead role of Grace Fryer
Landin Struck-Curtis - playing the lead role of Arthur Roeder
Madison Prevett - Stage Manager
Alex Walters - Asst. Stage Manager
Peyton Hinman - Lighting Designer
Jadon Craft - Sound Designer
Joseph Morris - Properties Designer
Read about the play in Kearsley Eclipse article, "Radium Girls: The Opening Chapter," by Gracie Dowel.
About the play:
In 1926, 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.
Written with warmth and humor, Radium Girls is a fast-moving, highly theatrical ensemble piece.Called a "powerful" and “engrossing" drama by critics, Radium Girls offers a wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.
