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John Waldron Arts Center Firebay,

122 S. Walnut Street, Bloomington, IN, 47404.

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 October 18th at 7:00 pm
October 19th at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm*
October 20th at 2:00 pm

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Tickets: $24 Adult/$12 Students/$10  (Youth (18 and under))
All seating is General Admission

 

Tickets available here

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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 where actors play more than 30 parts—friends, co-workers, lovers, relatives, attorneys, scientists, consumer advocates, and myriad interested bystanders.

a "powerful" and "engrossing" drama

Radium Girls offers a wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.

"Radium Girls may speak to our collective capacity for denial. But it also celebrates our individual courage." -The Daily Record​

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Cast:

Coco Duneman – Grace
Veronica Piurek - Kathryn/Board Member #1/Shopgirl/Societywoman/Harriet
Chelsea Johnson - Irene/Miss Wiley/Board Member #2/Photographer/Mrs. Michaels
Lauren Nekola - Sob Sister/Clerk/Elderly Widow/Mrs. Fryer/MacNeil
Eleanor Turner - Mrs. Roeder/Madame Curie/Customer/Board Member #3
Ben Jaffe - Tom/Reporter/Berry/Knef
Gabe Davis - Markley/Von Sochocky/Venecine Salesman/Martland
Chandler Nagy - Lee/Bailey/Flinn/Male Shopper/Court/Lovesick Cowboy
Yuki Helm - Store Owner/Drinker
Fletcher Blair - Roeder

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Directed by Rory Willats

Stage Management by Molly Wyatt
Scenic Design by Rory Willats & Brian Lewis
Costume Design by Toni Scroggins

Lighting Design by Brennen Edwards

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Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois

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Presented  with special support from:

Radium Girls is subsidized in part by an Open Stages Grant from Constellation Stage & Screen & The City of Bloomington.

First Christian Church for the use of their beautiful downtown facility as a rehearsal hall.

 

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