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EHS Theatre presents Radium Girls @ Elkins High School
December 14, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
EHS Theatre presents
Radium Girls
by D.W. Gregory
Elkins High School Theatre
Dec. 13 & 14 – 7 PM
Dec. 15 – 2 PM
Adults $10 advance/$12 at the door
Students and Children FREE
Advance tickets available soon!
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 (Taylor McKinnie), a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder (Alec Miller), 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. 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.
