The RHS Fall Play will be presented Friday, November 15th and Saturday, November 16th in the RHS Auditorium.\u00a0 The show begins both nights at 7:30pm.<\/p>\n
The show is described as a “wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.”<\/p>\n
In 1926,\u00a0radium<\/span>\u00a0was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage\u2014until the\u00a0girls<\/span> who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium<\/span>\u00a0Girls<\/span><\/em>\u00a0traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court.<\/p>\n Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door.<\/p>\n More information:<\/p>\n In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage\u2014until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story,\u00a0Radium Girls<\/em>\u00a0traces 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. Written with warmth and humor,\u00a0Radium Girls<\/em>\u00a0is a fast-moving, highly theatrical ensemble piece for 9 to 10 actors, who play more than 30 parts\u2014friends, co-workers, lovers, relatives, attorneys, scientists, consumer advocates, and myriad interested bystanders. Called a “powerful” and “engrossing” drama by critics,\u00a0Radium Girls<\/em>\u00a0offers a wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The RHS Fall Play will be presented Friday, November 15th and Saturday, November 16th in the RHS Auditorium.\u00a0 The show begins both nights at 7:30pm. The show is described as a “wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.” In 1926,\u00a0radium\u00a0was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,53],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6299","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-fine-arts","7":"category-rhs-news","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n