Students at Lancaster Fisher Catholic High School will tell a cautionary tale of how science and health are sometimes sacrificed for profit when they present their fall play, “Radium Girls,” on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 6 and 7 at 7 p.m. in the school, 1803 Granville Pike.
The play, written by D.W. Gregory in 2000 and made into a movie in 2018, is based on the story of young women who unwittingly poisoned themselves in the 1920s by painting watch dials with radium-based paint.
It traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, one of the dial painters, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with a terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees.
As the case goes on, Grace finds herself battling not just the corporation for whom she worked, but with family and friends who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire.
Tickets can be purchased in advance at www..fishercatholicarts.ludus.com/200497372 or at the door.