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The Holy Cross Student Theatre will proudly present D.W. Greogry’s drama Radium Girls for its annual fall production. Performance dates are Friday, November 17th at 7:30pm and Saturday, November 18th at 2:00pm. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students and seniors. Admission is free for children under ten years of age. Tickets will be available at the door prior to each performance. Please pay with cash or a check.  The show, produced by special permission from Dramatic Publishing, is under the direction of Scott Schulte ’93.

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. 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.

Cast

• Makendra Mowad '25
• Alicia Palomba '25
• Sofia Koury '25
• Alana Ingram '27
• Jillian Guerrette '25
• Gia D'Amico '25
• Allie Zulpa '27 

Crew

• Hannah Vu '25
• Sasha Khan '25
• Ian Sullivan '24
• Jailyn Di’Pasquale '24
• Logan Renzoni '25
• Scott Austin '24

Three students from Waterbury Arts Magnet School comprise the rest of the cast.