Radium Girls at Beck Center for the Arts

By D.W. Gregory

Direction by Rachel Gold

Studio Theater

Produced with special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing.

Fridays, February 26 & March 5, 2027 at 7:30 p.m.

Saturdays, February 27 & March 6, 2027 at 7:30 p.m.

Sundays, February 28 & March 7, 2027 at 3:00 pm

Student Matinee: Thursday, March 4, 2027 at 10:00 a.m.

Most appropriate for ages 9 and up

In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage. That is 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 a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary, and former employer, is 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 continues, the battle goes beyond fighting with the U.S. Radium Corporation, and extends to family and friends, who fear that this campaign for justice will backfire. This powerful and engrossing play offers an unflinching look at the obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.