WSA Theatre Company presents: Radium Girls

West Sound Academy Theatre Company Presents

Radium Girls

by D.W. Gregory

Directed by Thalia Wolff

Friday, May 1, 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 2, 3:30 to 6:00 p.m.

Presented at Port Gamble Theater

Purchase your tickets here: Radium Girls tickets

What’s the play about? 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.