Performers Needed for "Radium Girls" Show
The company is holding auditions for "Radium Girls" Show and looking for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: 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. Rate: No Pay. Additional info: Rehearsals Begin: May 20, 2024 Run/Shoot: June 21, 2024 – June 29, 2024 Actors are asked to prepare a 1-minute dramatic monologue. Please apply if interested.
23 roles
A top-notch dial painter, she is the heroine of the play, must have innocence and naivety but show great strength and conviction, to play 15 at the start of the play, 26 at its close.
Kathryn’s cousin and another dial painter, to play 17 at the start of the play, Later she is in her 20s.
Their supervisor at U.S. Radium Corp.
President of the U.S. Radium Corp., may seem cold-hearted and evil in his decisions, but he is ambitious and has a different set of motivations, not malicious in nature, 34 at the start of the play, 65 at its close.
Legal Counsel for the company
Vice President of U.S. Radium Corp., later President of the company, supports the company at all costs.
Founder of the U.S. Radium Corp., Inventor of the luminous paint, validates all with scientific fact and has a long journey to resolution, has a Ukranian accent
Grace’s boyfriend, several years older than she
Married to Arthur Roeder
Grace’s mother
The executive director, New Jersey Consumer’s League
An attorney for the dial painters
A Harvard industrial hygienist
The county medical examiner
A dentist
Discovered radium
Columbia University industrial hygienist
A reporter, Newark Ledger
A tabloid reporter, New York Graphic, she provides ongoing commentary throughout the play and ultimately has her own interests in mind as well
An entrepreneur, manufacturer of Radithor
A consumer of Radithor
Mrs. James (Cora) Middleton, a well-bred woman
An overworked public employee
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