December 8 & 9, 2017
CAST LIST
Daniel Madsen* as Frederick Flinn Brock Harrison* as Records Clerk Spencer Pabst as Tom Kreider Charlie Roeder as Arthur Roeder Josie Cummings* as Mrs. Fryer Hannah Hiszczynskyj* as Mrs. MacNeil Lauren Harmon as Katherine Wiley Leyna Kern as Irene Rudolph Christa Nioce as Harriet Roeder Ainslee Oliver as Diane Roeder Nick Quaney as Dr. Von Sochocky Olivia Schmitz as Nancy Jane Harlan Ann Stegman as Grace Fryer Emma Teply as Kathryn Schaub --------------- Student Directors Cade Dennis* and Braden Purcell* * denotes member of Hayden Thespian Troupe #7275 |
About "Radium Girls"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.
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. |
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