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Consider This Theatre Company is excited to announce auditions for its opening production of the 2025 season, Radium Girls, by D.W. Gregory. Auditions will be held Sunday, December 1st and Monday, December 2nd from 7pm - 9pm at Mills-Pate Art Center, 7120 Old Nashville Hwy, Murfreesboro, TN 37129. Callbacks will be held Dec. 3rd, if needed. The show can be performed by an ensemble of nine, 4 males, 5 females.
Performance dates are February 28th - March 2nd, and March 7th - 9th, 2025. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays 2:00pm.
Executive Producer: Michael Maupins
Director: Dawn Schock
Stage Manager: Tyson Pate
Roles:
Actor 1: Grace Fryer
Actor 2: Kathryn/Board Member 1/Shopgirl/Society Woman/Harriet
Actor 3: Irene/Miss Wiley/Board Member 2/Photographer/Mrs. Michaels
Actor 4: Sob Sister/Clerk/ Elderly Widow/Mrs. Fryer/MacNeil
Actor 5: Mrs. Roeder/Madame Curie/Customer/Board Member 3
Actor 6: Lee/Drinker/Bailey/Flinn/Male Shopper/Court/Lovesick Cowboy
Actor 7: Tom/Reporter/Berry/Knef
Actor 8: Markley/Von Sochocky/Store Owner/Venecine Salesman/Martland
Actor 9: Arthur Roeder
Characters:
The Women in the Factory
Grace Fryer: A top-notch dial painter, 15 at the start of the play, 26 at its close
Kathryn Schaub: Grace's friend, another dial painter, also 15 at the start of the play
Irene Rudolph: Kathryn's Cousin, 17 at the start of the play. Later she is in her 20s
Mrs. Alma MacNeil: Their Supervisor
The Company Men
Arthur Roeder: President of the U.S. Radium Corp,. 34 at start of the play, 65 at its close.
Edward Markley: Counsel for the company
C.B. "Charlie" Lee: Vice President, later president of the company
Dr. Von Sochockly: Founder of U.S. Radium Corp,. inventor of the luminous paint.
Their Family and Friends
Tom Kreider: Grace's boyfriend, several years older than she is
Diane Roeder: Married to Arthur Roeder
Harriet Roeder: Their daughter
Anna Fryer: Grace's Mother
The Advocates
Katherine Wiley: The executive director of New Jersey Consumer's League
Raymond Berry: An attorney for the dial painters
The Scientists
Dr. Cecil Drinker: A Harvard industrial hygienist
Dr. Harrison Martland: The County Medical Examiner
Dr. Joseph Knef: a dentist
Dr. Marie Curie: Discovered radium
Frederick Flinn, PhD.: Columbia University industrial hygienist
The Press
Reporter (Jack Youngwood): A reporter for the Newark Ledger
Sob Sister (Nancy Jane Harlan) A tabloid reporter for the New York Graphic
The Witnesses
William J.A. Bailey: an entrepreneur, manufacturer of Radithor
Mrs. Michaels: A consumer of Radithor
Society Woman: Mrs. James (Cora) Middleton, a well-bred woman
Clerk: An overworked public employee
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
7120 Old Nashville Highway, Murfreesboro, TN, United States, Tennessee 37129, 7120 Old Nashville Hwy, Murfreesboro, TN 37129-8402, United States,Smyrna, Tennessee
