World Premiere

This darkly comic, horror-infused new musical makes its world premiere directed by Tony Award winner Marissa Jaret Winokur (Hairspray)! A work of historical fiction based on the true story of the plight and subsequent fight of the Radium Girls in the 1920s, whose case with their employers changed both legal history and modern understanding of radiation poisoning. Featuring a book and score co-written by Amanda D’Archangelis, Sami Horneff, and Lisa Mongillo, satire meets real life history to entertain while honoring a real-world legacy.

What Is The Story?

Teenage friends Olive, Helen and Frances have landed extremely desirable jobs painting radium dials in New Jersey, at the United States Radium Corporation. The job’s lucrative wages and the futuristic wonder of working with radium made the girls feel like they were living the dream, but after a while they start suffering from strange, unexplained physical ailments. Meanwhile, Olive has been noticing disturbing things happening around the facility, and as management attempts a coverup, the friends are determined to expose the corporation before their increasing sicknesses take that opportunity away from them.