Photos by Carmelina Rattrovo
1926. Radium is a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage. Until the girls who paint them begin to die. Based on the true story of the women who worked for the U.S. Radium Corporation in Orange, N.J.
"an engrossing new play" -- The Newark Star-Ledger
"a compelling new drama reveals a tragic chapter in New Jersey history" -- Daily Variety
"a playwright with a talent to enlighten and provoke" -- The New York Times
The PTNJ production of RADIUM GIRLS was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science and Technology Project grant winner 2001
Named "Best Play of the 1999-2000 Season" by the Newark Star-Ledger
Included among "top ten productions of 2000" by Newark Star-Ledger
Finalist, Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, 1999
Finalist, New Harmony Project, 1999
Radium Girls is scheduled for 12 productions between September 2004 and May 2005.
The play is a popular choice among high schools and colleges.
Previous productions include:
Production, Catholic University of America, April 8-13, 2003
Production, Venture Theatre, Billings, Montana, Feb. 29 - March 22, 2003
Production, University of Washington at Seattle, March 3-17, 2002
Reading, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, April 25, 2001
Production, Seton Hill College, Greensburg, Pa. April 3-8, 2001
Staged reading, American Theatre Company, Chicago, January 22, 2001
Workshop production, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, May 11-28, 2000
Workshop, The Lark Theatre, April 1999
Staged reading, The Working Theatre, November 1999
Interested? Get in touch. Or order the script from Dramatic Publishing.