NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Drury Performing Arts in collaboration with the 21st Century Afterschool Program announced performance dates for its production of "Radium Girls" by D.W. Gregory.

 

According to a press release:

 

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.

 

Performances will take place on Friday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. All performances will take place in the Drury Performing Arts Center, 1130 South Church Street, North Adams. 

 

Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. Tickets will be sold at the door.

 

"Radium Girls" is directed by Liz Urban and features over 35 Drury

students in grades 7–12.

 

"Radium Girls" is produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Ill.