These Shining Lives at The ArtsCenter

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It's the 1920's, and Catherine and her friends work for the Radium Dial Company of Ottawa, IL as radium dial painters making watches glow in the dark by painting the numbers with radium-based paint. The girls think they've got it made with their high-paying, glamorous jobs. But when the company's female workforce starts getting sick and dying from a mysterious illness, Catherine leads her friends in suing the company for lying to them about the risks of working with the wonder element. Part play, part newsreel, and part poetry, These Shining Lives is based on the true story of the Radium Girls. Their fight for justice was a landmark legal case for workers rights and occupational diseases.

SPECIAL EVENTS SCHEDULE:

NY Times Bestselling Author Megan E. Bryant will share how The Radium Girls inspired her YA novel, Glow, after the show! This performance is sensory-friendly.
Saturday, July 28th (2:00pm Performance)

"Yes, Ma'am: Leadership, Equity, & Advocacy in the Workplace," a post-show interactive panel with Business and Professional Women of the Triangle
Sunday, July 29th (4:00pm Performance)

"Workers' Rights: Then & Now" with labor rights activist Nathanette Mayo, statewide president of UE 150, NC's Public Service Workers' Union
Thursday, August 2nd (7:00pm Program, 8:00pm Performance)

"The Risk & Remedy of Radium" with Dr. Robert Reiman, Associate Director of the Radiation Safety Division at Duke University
Saturday, August 4th (7:00pm Program, 8:00pm Performance)

These Shining Lives Women's Theatre Festival Photo Credit: Proctor Photographics

These Shining Lives Women's Theatre Festival Photo Credit: Proctor Photographics

These Shining Lives Women's Theatre Festival Photo Credit: Proctor Photographics

These Shining Lives Women's Theatre Festival Photo Credit: Proctor Photographics

These Shining Lives Women's Theatre Festival Photo Credit: Proctor Photographics

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