Radium Girls - November 08 - November 16, 2024

Saratoga High

 SYNOPSIS & ACTS 

ACT 1  
Scene 1 - US Radium Plant Factory Floor
Scene 2 - Mr. Roeder's Office and street festival
Scene 3 - US Radium Plant Factory Floor
Scene 4 - Grace Fryer's home
Scene 5 - Mr. Roeder's Office
Scene 6 - Street Advertisement
Scene 7 - Health Department Office
Scene 8 - Mr. Roeder's back porch
Scene 9 - Dentist Office and Roeder's Office
Scene 10 - Grace Fryer's House
Scene 11 - The Women's Club of Orange, N.J.
ACT 2  
Scene 1 - Street Scene
Scene 2 - Raymond Berry's Office
Scene 3 - Hospital Room
Scene 4 - US Radium Board Room
Scene 5 - Raymond Berry's Office
Scene 6 - Front steps of Essex County Courthouse
Scene 7 - Mr. Roeder's home
Scene 8 - Street Scene
Scene 9 - Grace Fryer's home
Scene 10 - US Radium Plant Factory Floor
Scene 11 - Grace Fryer's home
Scene 12 - Dr. Von Sochocky's home
Scene 13 - Courtroom
Scene 14 - Front Steps of the Courthouse
Scene 15 - Cemetery
 

 

SYNOPSIS

 

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 only with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but also with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire.

 

THE TIME: 1920's and 1940's

THE PLACE: Orange, New Jersey

 

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