Photo Flash: Limelight Performing Arts' Radium Girls Opened Friday Night to Glowing Reviews

Radium Girls opened Friday night in the Studio 3 Artspace Theatre to glowing reviews. Limelight Performing Arts' talented cast of 12 youth actors bring this moving production inspired by historical events to the stage in Gilbert, Arizona.

Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory presented in special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing is a moving play inspired by historical events. In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage-until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by historical events, Radium Girls traces 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, Radium Girls is a fast-moving, highly theatrical ensemble piece for a small group of actors, who play more than 30 parts-friends, co-workers, lovers, relatives, attorneys, scientists, consumer advocates, and myriad interested bystanders. Called a "powerful" and "engrossing" drama by critics, Radium Girls offers a wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.

Directed by Jamie Bauer-Spano, Limelight Performing Arts' Radium Girls runs Friday, October 21 through Sunday, October 30. The remaining performance days and times are as follows: Friday, October 28 at 7:00pm, Saturday, October 29 at 3:30pm and Sunday, October 30 at 2:30pm. Ticket prices are $13, not including fees. Radium Girls s presented by Limelight Performing Arts at Studio 3 Performing Arts Artspace Theatre, 511 W. Guadalupe Ste. 12, Gilbert AZ 85233. For more information or to purchase tickets visit https://limelight.ticketleap.com/radiumgirls/dates or call 480-545-1492.

Limelight Performing Arts, a non-profit organization, was created to provide meaningful and artistic experiences that build character and confidence, and give students the building blocks to pursue a career in the performing arts. Getting involved with Limelight Performing Arts makes you part of a close-knit theatre family! Give us a call today to see how you can join in the fun!

Through our theatrical programs, kids of all ages and ethnicities are encouraged to learn about the many avenues theatre has to offer, both on and off stage. They are given quality experiences with theatre professionals who mentor and guide them in the experience.

Visit Limelight Performing Arts and Studio 3 websites for details on Sponsorship Opportunities, Summer Camps, Classes and this season's calendar of classes and events: www.limelightyouththeater.org and www.studio3arts.com

Photo credit: Robert Padjen

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