Radium Girls

That’s back to work with you, girls. 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. Written with warmth and humor, Radium Girls offers a wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.

Directed by Michelle Perez Dungjen.

Cast

KATHRYN SCHAUB...Lucy Bodie
KNEF/BERRY...Colin Bohash
MARIE CURIE/BOARD MEMBER/SHOPGIRL...Laura Ciccone
TOM KREIDER/BOARD MEMBER/MALE SHOPPER...Devin Dunlap
SHOPKEEPER...Deb Jackson
MRS. ROEDER/BOARD MEMBER...Chelsea Kaye
JACK YOUNGWOOD/REPORTER/DR. FREDERICK FLINN...Cathy Louis
HARRIET ROEDER/ELDERLY WIDOW...Joelle Lynn Mabey
MR. LEE/COURT...Ed Mulcahy
SOB SISTER...Kathleen Murdock
ARTHUR ROEDER...Jared Oosse
KATHERINE WILEY, IRENE RUDOLPH...Danielle Pelshaw
MRS. MICHAELS/SOCIETY WOMAN/PHOTOGRAPHER/BOARD ...Nicole Pence
DR. VON SOCHOCKY/EDWARD MARKLEY/LOVESICK COWBOY...Michael Spry
ANNA FRYER...Jena Van Wagner
GRACE FRYER...Mara Van Wagner
GRACE FRYER...Wren Walter
MRS. ALMA MACNEIL/CECIL DRINKER...Sam Whalen