Radium Girls

Kalamazoo Civic Theatre presents Radium Girls, November 8-17, 2024.

Radium Girls is a gripping play that tells the true story of the young women who worked for the U.S. Radium Corporation in Orange, NJ, in the 1910s and 20s, painting watch dials with luminescent radium paint. Exposed to the substance on a regular basis without being apprised of, or protected from, its highly toxic nature, many of the dial painters who worked in this plant and others suffered catastrophic and fatal illnesses as a result of their work. Radium Girls tells the story of dial painter Grace Fryer and others who courageously stood up to the company against seemingly insurmountable odds.

Tickets: https://kazoocivic.ludus.com/200453607

Saturday, November 9 & November 16 – Post-show DiscussionJoin director Dr. Miriam Hahn Thomas and the cast of Radium Girls for a brief post-show discussion immediately following the November 9 and November 16 performances.

Performances:Friday, November 8 at 7:30 PMSaturday, November 9 at 7:30 PM*Sunday, November 10 at 2 PM Friday, November 15 at 7:30 PMSaturday, November 16 at 7:30 PM^Sunday, November 17 at 2 PM*November 9 – ASL interpretation and audition description services available^November 16 – Understudy Performance

by D.W. GregoryOriginally produced by the Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey and developed with a commissioning grant from The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science and Technology Project Radium Girls Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois