Seeking Performers for "Radium Girls" Play
Looking for perfomers to play roles in production of "Radium Girls". More details are below. About the play: Radium Girls is a hauntingly beautiful play about strength, justice, corporate betrayal and having your voice heard. It is set in a Brooklyn factory where women meticulously paint watches that glow in the dark for the men at war and follows their stories as they begin to re-alize the radium they delicately paint with every day is poisoning them - leading them on a journey for justice. Additional information: THE TIME: The 1920s. THE PLACE: Orange, New Jersey. SHOW DATES: FEBRUARY 2024 9th -11th, 16th-18th in Fergus. Open audition no appointment needed. The production will include elements of dance, music, and atmospheric movement to the tremendous story of Radium Girls. Movement will be a part of the audition process so please dress comfortably and prepare to learn some choreography. Cold read from script and basic choreography. The ability to do accents, character aging and follow basic choreography is essential for some roles. The size of the cast is flexible with actors (except for the main roles) playing various roles as necessary. The dancers will also be expected to cover some roles.
26 roles
The women in the factory. A top-notch dial painter, 15 at the start of the play, 26 at its close.
The women in the factory. Her friend, another dial painter, also 15 at the start of the play.
The women in the factory. Kathryn's cousin, 17 at the start of the play. Later she is in her 20s.
The women in the factory. Their supervisor.
THE COMPANY MEN. President of the U.S Radium Corp., 34 at start of the play, 65 at its close.
THE COMPANY MEN. Counsel for the company.
THE COMPANY MEN. Vice president, later president of the company.
THE COMPANY MEN. Founder of U.S. Radium Corp., inventor of the luminous paint.
THE COMPANY MEN. Grace's boyfriend, several years older than she.
THE COMPANY MEN. Married to Arthur Roeder.
THE COMPANY MEN. Their daughter. Nine years old at first, later she is in her 30s.
THE COMPANY MEN. Grace's mother.
THE ADVOCATES. The executive director, New Jersey Consumer's League.
THE ADVOCATES. An attorney for the dial painters.
THE SCIENTISTS. A Harvard industrial hygienist.
THE SCIENTISTS. The county medical examiner.
THE SCIENTISTS. A dentist.
THE SCIENTISTS. Discovered radium.
THE SCIENTISTS. Ph .D Columbia University industrial hygienist.
THE PRESS. A reporter, Newark Ledger.
THE PRESS. A tabloid reporter, New York Graphic.
THE WITNESSES. An entrepreneur, manufacturer of Radithor.
THE WITNESSES. A consumer of Radithor.
THE WITNESSES. Mrs. James (Cora) Middleton, a well-bred woman.
THE WITNESSES. An overworked public employee.
THE WITNESSES. OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO TAKE AN INTEREST IN THE CASE.
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