![]() “I think it will be a good learning experience for me, theatrically and personally, from the depth and the content covered in the show. “It is definitely bittersweet that this is my last drama,” Denby says. For senior Justine Denby, it is her last. When the girls began to experience radium necrosis and other ailments, women like Grace Fryer decided to take it to court.Īlthough this is SWMHS’s first in-person show since It’s A Wonderful Life in late 2019, it is certainly not everyone’s first fall production. ![]() Girls used to paint glowing watch dials for the men overseas but had no idea that it would ultimately lead to their demise. But the focus of this piece was the use of radium in watch dials. Companies began to put it in everything from makeup to nail polishes. However, money made him keep poisoning these girls.” Freshman Anthony McLaughlin, who is to play Roeder, noted “ a very bad man. In the mid 1920s, many young women suffered from the inhumane work conditions of company presidents like Mr. Kathryn Schaub, who was “a passionate, caring, loyal woman,” according to sophomore Marissa Rowley, the actress for the role in question, also fell victim. Set in New Jersey during the 1920s, and based on a true story, Radium Girls follows Grace Fryer’s tragic case. Tickets are available for purchase online ta and at the box office on the night of the performance.Radium Girls, a real life tragedy in New Jersey’s history, has become Sayreville War Memorial High School’s first show back on stage. The cast of Radium Girls has two more performances on Nov. Somber moments were interrupted by comic relief in appropriate moments and the play had a great blend of comedy, tragedy and romance. Fryer, who was played by senior Emma Peterson, and Roeder, the owner of the factory who was played by senior Jared Wood, battled for justice and compensation over Fryer’s work-related illness.Īccompanied by an amazing sets and light displays the cast of Radium Girls, led by Peterson and Wood, evoked feelings such as pain and laughter from the audience. ![]() “Radium Girls” tells the story of how a simple and seemingly harmless job tore up many professional and personal lives of the girls that were affected as well as the owners of the factories and their legal teams. The costumes fit the era and the sound was clear and coherent throughout. Cast members had fake surgery wounds and rotting skin on their cheeks which appeared very real and convincing from a distance. Most impressive of all of the crews, the hair and makeup crew did amazing special effects makeup to show the physical effects of the radium exposure. Tapping into emotions when needed, the actors accurately portrayed their characters’ emotions and were able to convince the audience of their characters’ struggles. Overall, the play was cast well and the actors seemed well prepared for their performance. The cast and crew transported the audience back to the 1920’s to hear the story of Grace Fryer, a young woman who was one of the many girls who got very sick from painting watches and other military equipment with radium so that it would glow in the dark. Narrating the 1926 story of how dial painters in World War 1 factories fell gravely ill due to radium exposure, the CPHS theatre department performed the play “Radium Girls” by D.W.
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