"Our spring play is D.W. Gregory’s Radium Girls. After the turn of the 19th century, radium was a miracle cure and a key component in the luminous glow-in-the-dark watches which were the latest rage—until the factory 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 who has fallen ill with radium poisoning, as she fights for her day in court for settlement against her former employers. The show focuses on the implications of American consumerism, corporate "bottom line" mentality, factory working conditions, scientific research, and safety laws at the turn of the century through this powerful and engrossing drama."