These Shining Lives at Mighty Corson Art Players

“These Shining Lives” chronicles the true story of women working at the Radium Dial Company in the 1920s. Lured by good wages, these women painted watch dials with luminous, radium-based paint, unaware of the devastating health consequences. As they fall ill, the play follows their fight for justice against a corporation that values profit over the lives of its employees, bravely illuminating a dark chapter in American labor history and exploring themes of corporate negligence, female resilience, and the enduring need for workers’ rights.