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Thank you to everyone who auditioned for Radium Girls. This show is going to be very moving and a great challenge. We can't wait to get started. If you were not cast please do not let that discourage you from auditioning for a future show! If you would like to still be involved, please consider joining our tech crew or helping with our show build. Sign up here by 10/4 - Radium Girls Tech Crew

Details about upcoming tech meetings will be available shortly.

Radium Girls Cast List

Theatre Without a Net (TWON) is proud to announce:

Radium Girls

December 13, 2024 - December 15, 2024

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. 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. 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.

IMPORTANT MATERIAL

Radium Girls Script

Tech Crew Sign-Up form

Character Breakdown and Synopsis

There are many good versions of Radium Girls that you can watch on YouTube. I recommend this one:

Summit High School - Radium Girls

There is also a movie version. The movie is not the same as the play but it will give you a good idea of the general story and time period.

A Message about conflicts: We try to work around conflicts when possible but it has become increasingly harder and harder to schedule rehearsals. In preparation for this year, know that a typical rehearsal schedule begins as early as 3:40 and often as late as 6:30 on Tues, Wed, Fri and on some Saturdays we typically rehearse 10:30 - 2:00. Rehearsal schedules are posted one week in advance or more and you will likely not be called for all rehearsals. Please try to schedule your conflicts after 6:00 or 6:30 pm. Due to a flexible cast size, there will be opportunities for smaller roles if you have conflicts. Please discuss these concerns with us prior to casting.

When we are rehearsing a show, we need these rehearsals to be the priority and you will need to schedule your other rehearsals, classes, work, etc. around this schedule. We will do the best we can to work around approved conflicts at the time of your audition such as college auditions, and SAT's. No conflicts (minus approved exceptions) will be accepted in our last two weeks including tech and performances 12/2 - 12/15 ( there will be rehearsal during Thanksgiving break).