Radium Girls Participant Information
Performing: May 18 – 20, 2023
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 and terrifying 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 against her former employer. As the case goes on, 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 is a fast-moving, highly theatrical ensemble piece that has been called a “powerful” and “engrossing” drama by critics. Radium Girls offers a wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.
| Director: | Michelle Pothier |
| Assistant Director/Stage Manager: | Roisin Dowling |
| Producers: | TBD |
| Ages: | 12–18 |
| Venue: | Rehearsals at Arlington Children’s Theatre, 115 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA
Performances at Chapel Hill- Chauncy Hall School in Waltham |
| Fee: | $450 due at registration. No refunds thereafter. ACT is committed to providing access for any child who wishes to participate. Families who are interested in confidentially inquiring about registration relief in order for their child(ren) to participate at ACT should contact the Treasurer at acttreasurer@arlingtonchildrenstheatre.org. |
| Registration: | Register
FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS A waitlist is maintained Children of ACT Board members are granted a limited early registration period. |
| ACTor/Parent Meeting: | March 20, 2023
All actors and one parent must attend the informational meeting where we will share more details about the production, the audition process and begin sign-ups for volunteer committees. |
| Auditions: | March 27, 2023
All ACTors accepted into the production must take part in one of the audition workshops to determine where they best fit into the production. Specific roles will be assigned at the sole discretion of the artistic staff/audition panel. |
| Rehearsals: | Rehearsals begin April 3, 2023
Rehearsals (in general): Mon-Thu. ACTors will only be required for rehearsals where their character is called. Absences are strongly discouraged, and more than two absences during the staging of any single scene will result in the ACTor being cut from the scene. Attendance is mandatory for all runs and technical and dress rehearsals unless written permission from the artistic director is requested and received, prior to the audition workshop. |
| Tech Rehearsals: | TBD |
| Dress Rehearsals: | TBD |
| Performances: | Thu. May 18 at 7pm
Fri. May 19 at 7pm Sat. May 20 at 2pm and 7pm |