![]() The lead character, Grace Fryer, was a real woman and one of the plaintiffs in the case, and Arthur Roeder, played by senior Lane Williams, was the real manager of the U.S. This is the first time the drama students have taken on an historical drama where the play is based upon real-life events and includes characters who were actually involved in the situation. ![]() "They were getting weird mouth cancers, and their teeth were falling out."Ī D V E R T I S I N G | Continue reading below "While they were doing that, they were getting a daily dose of radiation and so within a couple of months, girls were dying in droves," Hoffman said. However, there were not enough paint brushes to supply the women with quality brushes, so as the fine point of the brushes wore down, they were told to wet the bristles with their tongues, restore them to a point and continue painting. Radium Corporation hired hundreds of young women to paint the dials on the faces of clocks, watches and instrument panels in airplanes because they had such delicate craftsmanship." "They created a paint with radium, a radioactive element that was glow in the dark. Radium Corporation," explains Anita Hoffman, CCHS drama instructor. It is the first year of a class action suit against the U.S. "It is a show that takes place between 19. 28 through March 2 at the high school auditorium. Lynnette Taitano is playing Grace Fryer in "Radium Girls," a play presented by Crook County High School Drama. ![]() "I have done drama shows since I was a sophomore, and this is probably the most serious play I have ever been in and the most hard-hitting." 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.Crook County High School drama play will be performed at the high school auditorium Feb. Written with warmth and humor, Radium Girls is a fast-moving, highly theatrical ensemble piece for 9 to 10 actors, who play more than 30 parts-friends, co-workers, lovers, relatives, attorneys, scientists, consumer advocates, and myriad interested bystanders. Radium Corporation, but with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not just with the U.S. 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. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. 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. **Please Note: Ticket Sales will close 90 minutes prior to each performance! ** This show will be presented LIVE and Virtually! Learn in their classes during the first quarter! The Young Professionals Conservatory students will work together onĪ virtual production of Radium Girls, using the skills and knowledge they We are so excited to announce the first show of our 2020-2021 Youth Series: Radium Girls.
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