Front: Josie Davis (stage manager), Amerra Lin
Middle: Aurora Gerblick, Lia Ramirez, Peyton Comfort, Isabella Cohen, Sophia Noonan, Ian Agen
Back: Esterban Diaz-Gallegos, Kia Peterson, Vivian Harris, Camdyn Avila, Joseph Falcon-Kienbaum, Jesus Ramirez (stage manager), Sam Nickelsburg
The Whitewater High School Players performances of “Radium Girls” open on Feb. 26 at 7 pm in the James M. Stewart Auditorium at WHS. Performances continue on Feb. 27-28 at 7 pm and Mar. 1 at 2 pm.
General admission tickets ($12 for adults, $7 for students) are available beginning one hour before the performances.
Before the performance, Tom Ganser’s photos will be shared of the WHS Players productions of “A Murder is Announced” (2023), “Our Town” (2024), and “The Good Doctor” (2025).
Under the direction of Jim McCulloch, the cast includes Ian Agen, Camdyn Avila, Isabella Cohen, Peyton Comfort, Esteban Diaz-Gallegos, Joseph Falcon-Kienbaum, Aurora Gerblick, Vivian Harris, Ameera Lin, Sam Nickelsburg, Sophia Noonan, Kia Peterson, and Lia Ramirez. Josie Davis and Jesus Ramirez support the production in their important role as stage managers.
Under the guidance of Kat Dunham, the scenery construction and backstage crews include Caitlin Alford, Sidney Block, Georgia Esch, Ace Hudec, Hadley Huebner, Joshua Nygren, and Jesus Ramirez.
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 a true story, “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.
