Radium Girls, a play

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Squalicum High School Drama’s Radium Girls

Live onstage! Squalicum High School Drama proudly presents the play Radium Girls!

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.

Written with warmth and humor, Radium Girls has been called a “powerful” and “engrossing” drama by critics and offers a wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.

Two weekends of shows! Fridays-Sundays, November 13-22. More info at https://www.squalicumdrama.com/

Location: The Forum at Squalicum High School, 3773 E McLeod Rd, Bellingham, WA 98226

Date/Times: November 13-22, 2026. Fridays-Saturdays @7:00; Sunday Matinees @2:00

Tickets: Tickets (general admission) are $13 and are available online at https://www.squalicumdrama.com/ or at the door (cash or card) day of show.

Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.

From Squalicum High School Drama