These Shining Lives, presented by the Women's Theatre Festival
Date and Time
Friday Jul 27, 2018 Sunday Aug 5, 2018
Friday, July 27th at 8:00pm Saturday, July 28th at 2:00pm and 8:00pm Sunday, July 29th at 4:00pm Thursday, August 2nd at 8:00pm Friday, August 3rd at 8:00pm Saturday, August 4th at 8:00pm Sunday, August 5th at 7:00pm
Location
The ArtsCenter in Carrboro
Fees/Admission
$17 in advance, $20 at the door
Contact Information
Rachel Kasten (Producer)
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Description
It's the 1920's, and Catherine and her friends work for the Radium Dial Company of Ottawa, IL as radium dial painters making watches glow in the dark by painting the numbers with radium-based paint. The girls think they've got it made with their high-paying, glamorous jobs. But when the company's female workforce starts getting sick and dying from a mysterious illness, Catherine leads her friends in suing the company for lying to them about the risks of working with the wonder element. Part play, part newsreel, and part poetry, These Shining Lives is based on the true story of the Radium Girls. Their fight for justice was a landmark legal case for workers rights and occupational diseases.
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