YOUTH THEATRE AT THE FLY: Radium Girls
Schedule
Fri Feb 20 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
204 S Main St, Shelbyville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37160 | Shelbyville, TN
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Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory has been selected as the 2026 production The Fly’s Emerge Youth Theatre Group (Ages 13-18). SHOW DATES:
February 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 & March 1
AUDITIONS:
November 16 & 17
YOUTH THEATRE WORKSHOPS (AGES 13-18)
September 29th | 6-8pm
Radium Girls 101
With Mary Margaret Edwards
October 14th | 6-8pm
Audition Workshop
With Sarah Anderson & Brenden Taylor
October 26th | 1-3pm
Set Design
With Jody Barnes-Turner
October 26th | 3:30-5:30pm
Costume Design
With Jamie Janine
ABOUT THE PLAY:
Radium Girls is a 2000 play by D.W. Gregory based on the true story of young women who painted glow-in-the-dark watch dials in the 1920s, then suffered a mysterious, fatal illness due to radium poisoning.
The play follows dial painter Grace Fryer as she fights her former employer, the U.S. Radium Corporation, and her own family to seek justice and establish workplace safety regulations, a case that became a landmark victory for labor rights and workers' compensation.
Originally produced by Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey and developed with a commissioning grant from The Ensemble Studio Theatre/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science and Technology Project
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Where is it happening?
204 S Main St, Shelbyville, TN, United States, Tennessee 37160Event Location & Nearby Stays: