Radium Girls by Grandville High School in Grandville, Michigan

What To Know About This Production

"Radium Girls" is a historical drama that explores the true story of female factory workers in the 1920s who painted luminous watch dials using radium, unaware of its deadly effects. The play focuses on one of these women, Grace Fryer, who led several of her fellow employees who got sick in a lawsuit against their employer for its role in their illness and its refusal to admit responsibility or pay for the health care of their employees. Will the Radium Girls get justice before their time is up, or will the United States Radium Corporation succeed in running out the clock and escape the legal consequences for their negligence?


Performance Dates

  • Jan 30 Thursday 7:00 PM
  • Jan 31 Friday 7:00 PM
  • Feb 1 Saturday 7:00 PM
  • Feb 2 Sunday 2:00 PM

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Auditions For Radium Girls

What To Expect At Auditions


Radium Girls tells the story of the young women working in the radium dial industry in the 1920s as they fight for justice and compensation for the incurable radium poisoning they suffered as a result of the dial painting companies' practices. To audition, please do the following:

  1. Sign up for an audition time slot.
  2. Be sure to fill out the audition form thoroughly, especially the section reporting ALL conflicts between auditions and the performance dates (significant conflicts not disclosed prior to auditions may lead to dismissal from the show).
  3. Prepare a monologue from this list (it may be memorized and recited or simply read).
  4. Show up at least 10 minutes before your audition time and wait in the auditorium lobby until you are invited in to audition.

*If you change your mind about auditioning and need to take your name off the list, please cancel your audition time at least 24 hours prior, or email the director, Mr. Fitzpatrick, within the 24-hour window.

Audition Times

  • Nov 18 Monday 3:00 PM
  • Nov 18 Monday 3:30 PM
  • Nov 18 Monday 4:00 PM
  • Nov 18 Monday 4:30 PM
  • Nov 18 Monday 5:00 PM
  • Nov 18 Monday 5:30 PM
  • Nov 18 Monday 6:00 PM
  • Nov 18 Monday 6:30 PM
  • Nov 19 Tuesday 3:00 PM
  • Nov 19 Tuesday 3:30 PM

Audition Form

Audition Process

Create your free Cast98 user account then return here to fill out the online audition form.

There are four steps to the audition form:

  1. General info and privacy disclaimers
  2. Contact information and background
  3. Upcoming conflict calendar
  4. Time slots and preferred roles

Once submitted, you can review your form and make changes up until your audition date.

Cast List For Radium Girls

Available Roles

  • Grace Fryer - A dial painter who sues the U.S. Radium Corporation after getting radium poisoning.
  • Kathryn/Society Woman - A dial painter who gets radium sickness and joins Grace's lawsuit.
  • Mrs MacNeil/Mrs Fryer - The strict supervisor of the U.S. Radium Corporation's dial painters. Mrs Fryer: Grace's mother.
  • Miss Wiley/Irene/Mrs Michaels - Miss Wiley: An advocate from the Consumer's League who supports Grace's lawsuit. Irene: A dial painter who gets radium sickness.
  • Mrs Roeder/Madame Curie - Mrs. Roeder: Arthur's wife. Madame Curie: Polish-French scientist who discovered the element radium.
  • Harriet/Shop Girl/Board Member 1 - Harriet: The Roeders' daughter.
  • Sob Sister/Clerk/Board Member 2 - Sob Sister: A sensationalist journalist who covers the dial painters' legal case, using emotional and dramatic language in her reports.
  • Arthur Roeder - The president of the U.S. Radium Corporation.
  • Lee/Drinker/Bailey - Lee: An executive for the U.S. Radium Corporation who aids Roeder in combating the dial painters' lawsuit. Drinker: A health inspector who investigates the U.S. Radium Corp. Bailey: The vice president of the U.S. Radium Corp.
  • Tom/Knef - Tom: Grace's fiancé, a mailman. Knef: A dentist who treats several of the dial painters.
  • Berry/Martland/Flinn - Berry: A lawyer who represents Grace and the other dial painters. Martland: A medical examiner who confirms the link between radium exposure and the dial painters' illness. Flinn: A toxicologist hired by the U.S. Radium Corp. who downplays the dangers of radium exposure.
  • Markley/Von Soschocky - Markley: A lawyer who represents the U.S. Radium Corp. Von Soschocky: The founder of the United States Radium Corporation and inventor of luminous paint.
  • Reporter/Elderly Widow/Venecine Salesman - Reporter: A neutral and objective journalist who provides factual coverage of the dial painters' legal case, in contrast to the Sob Sister's emotional approach.
  • Customer/Photographer/Board Member 3 - Photographer: A photographer who helps the dial painters through their pictures.

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