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THESE SHINING LIVES

by MELANIE MARNICH

Directed by Amanda Hallman

June 13 - 22, 2025
Fridays 8pm · Saturdays 8pm · Sundays 3pm

These Shining Lives chronicles the true story of women working at the Radium Dial Company in the 1920s. Lured by good wages, these women painted watch dials with luminous, radium-based paint, unaware of the devastating health consequences. As they fall ill, the play follows their fight for justice against a corporation that values profit over the lives of its employees, bravely illuminating a dark chapter in American labor history and exploring themes of corporate negligence, female resilience, and the enduring need for workers’ rights.