In 1917, scores of patriotic young women, later known as “radium girls,” counted themselves lucky to have landed war work at a large warehouse complex in Orange, New Jersey. The pay was ...

in Orange, New Jersey starting in 1917 and the Radium Dial Company in Ottawa, Illinois, which opened in 1922. The girls, some as young as 14, painted watch dials with a luminous, radium-containing ...

Called a "powerful" and "engrossing" drama by critics, RADIUM GIRLS is based on the story of the actual female factory workers in Orange, New Jersey. RADIUM GIRLS is directed by Beatriz Esteban ...

Inspired by true events, Radium Girls is an award winning play written by D.W. Gregory in 2000. The story is set in Orange, New Jersey and spans the years from 1918 to 1926. Even 100 years ...

The Burton Leavitt Theatre will transform into the 1920s when “Radium Girls” takes the stage for its first performance Friday. The play, written by D.W. Gregory, tells the story of Grace Fryer, a dial ...

The popular historical docudrama written by D.W. Gregory, is set in Orange, New Jersey between 1918-1928. Radium Girls tells the true story of female factory workers who contracted radiation ...

Maybe the girls thought it was cool at first ... There were 13 in all working at the Radium Factory in Orange, New Jersey. But Theatre Baton Rouge's Young Actors Program will look at this true ...

CHEYENNE — Inspired by a true story, “Radium Girls” takes the stage at Cheyenne ... worked for the U.S. Radium Corporation in Orange, New Jersey, in the 1920s. The women weren’t told ...

story concerning the deadly results of radium poisoning unwittingly suffered by young women who worked in a dial factory in Orange, New Jersey in the 1920s. At a time when “The Wonders of Radium ...

The Actors’ Mission is returning to the Broadway Theater with free performances of “Radium Girls.” The historical play is based on the true story of the young women who were exposed to ...