Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory

October 25 - 28, 2018
Thursday at 7:00pm
Friday at 7:00pm
Saturday at 7:00pm
Sunday at 2:00pm

Fishback Studio Theatre
​SDSU Peforming Arts Center​

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 ofGrace 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.
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Cast and Crew:
Michael Taylor as Arthur Roeder
Nicole Flynn as Grace Fryer
Morgan Sederburg as Kathryn Schaub / Society Woman / Harriet Roeder /Shopgirl
Janell Davis as Irene Rudolph / Ms. Wiley / Mrs. Michaels
Jill Kruse as Sob Sister Nancy Jane Harlan / Clerk / Mrs. Fryer / Mrs. MacNeil
Hina Illahe as Mrs. Roeder / Madame Curie / Customer / Board Member #3
Jason Soren as C.B "Charlie" Lee / William J.A.Bailey / Dr. Cecil Drinker / Lovesick Cowboy / Male Shopper
Jerry Visser as Board Member #2 / Clerk / Court / Photographer
Tim McColley as Raymond Berry / Dr. Harrison Martland / Frederick Flinn, Ph.D / Store Owner
Tom Delaney as Dr. Von Sochocky
Lonnie Gayer as Edward Markley
Craig Long as Tom Kreider / Dr. Joseph Knef / Elderly Widower
Alice Hall as Reporter Jack Youngwood / Venecine Salesman / Board Member #1

Director - Michael Thompson
Asst. Director - Andrea Mayrose

Production Poster for Radium Girls