SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Black Ice Theatre Co is presenting "Radium Girls" at the Lake Tahoe Community College s Duke Theatre this November. 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.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Black Ice Theatre Co is presenting "Radium Girls" at the Lake Tahoe Community College s Duke Theatre this November. 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.
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie was 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.
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie was 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.
Radium Girls Twenty years after its discovery, radium was considered a miracle cure for many diseases, Madame Curie was an international celebrity, and luminous watches, first used by soldiers, became fashion pieces—until the girls who painted them became ill with a mysterious disease.