Playmakers: “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, Fryer 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. By D.W. Gregory. Presented by special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.

$10 General Admission; $5 Children 14 and under; $5 LR faculty/staff ticket (ID required); Free for LR students (ID required); 10+ ticket group sales: contact tickets@lr.edu(opens in a new tab)