Radium Girls

Performed by
Grace Fryer | Tatum Bates
Kathryn, Shop Girl | Alana Agresspahl
Irene, Ms. Wiley | Line Frambes
Sob Sister, Mrs. MacNeil, Elderly Widow | Kennedy Zumwalt
Mrs. Roeder, Customer | Addyson McGowan
Mrs. Fryer, Dial Painter, Society Woman, Harriet | Kaylee Anastasi
Madame Curie, Clerk, Mrs. Michaels, Dial Painter, Photographer | Nadya Smirnova
Lee, Bailey, Lovesick Cowboy, Male Shopper, Court | Lucian Bathgate
Tom, Berry, Knef | Ryder Bees
Reporter, Dr. Drinker Giovanni | Contreras
Markley, Von Sochoky, Martland, Store Owner, Venicine Salesman | Cody Klimek
Arthur Roeder | Stephan Tatum

Creative Team
Stage Manager: Lilikoi Porter
Production Manager: Anne Carncross
Technical Director: Kyle Carson
Scenic Designer: Lea Pick
Lighting Designer: Maddie Anderson
Costume Designer: Nathanael Tria
Assistant Director: Amanda Collins
Assistant Stage Manager, Co-Properties Designe: Faith Angles
Assistant Stage Manager: Kailey Ceseretti
Co-Properties Designer: Arthur Sanders
Assistant Scenic Designer: Bo Dreszer
Assistant Lighting Designer: Jake Raterman
Assistant Costume Designer: Ella Fecteau
Digital Specialist: Brad Akers
Stage Crew: Brielle Midler, Lila Nabizad, Gabrielle Joston, Sebastian Viviani
Build Crew: Play Production Class
Production Image Designer: Olivia Daley


Director’s Note
Based on true events, Radium Girls tells the story of young women in Orange, NJ, who painted luminous watch dials, unknowingly poisoning themselves with each stroke of radium-based paint. Grace, Kathryn, and Irene fight to hold the U.S. Radium Corporation accountable. Their struggle became one of the first major workers' rights cases to capture national attention, exposing the devastating cost of unchecked industrial power. Though the women won their lawsuits, justice came too late. Many had already died, and those who lived did not survive long enough to see the full impact of their fight.

As a theater artist, I am drawn to work that bears witness to human suffering and is fueled by the revolutionary potential of collective acts of imagination. Inspired by author Barry Lopez's poignant query, we confront the pressing question—“What will we do as the wisdom of our past bears down on our future?” This play restores a story that corporate and legal systems tried to silence, compelling us to reckon with the true cost of progress and the power of collective action. Then, as now, our world is fractured by greed yet bound by our collective awakening, driven by an unrelenting desire to see our world repaired. The play begins and ends with light. Grace recalls how brightly the factory glowed, yet she spends the entire story struggling to be seen by those who harmed her. Radium Girls urges us to remember what happens when profits are placed above people and when women are silenced. More importantly, it reminds us of the unyielding perseverance that can bring about change when individuals refuse to accept injustice.

We witness the story. The town bears witness to itself. And history waits to see if we are still watching.

Thank you for being here to witness.