Auditions
RADIUM GIRLS
By D.W Gregory
Directed by Kathy Petrakis
Auditions:
Sunday 28 April from 2-5pm
Monday 29 April from 7-9.30pm
Tuesday 30 April from 7.9.30pm
The Living and Learning Centre, Level 1/180 Longueville Road Lane Cove.
Set in New Jersey in the 1920’s and inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, one of many dial painters, using radium to paint the watch dials. But the young girls start getting sick and now Grace finds herself not only fighting the deadly impact or radiation exposure but also 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 tumours could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. But Grace finds that it’s not only the US Radium Corporation that she’s fighting but also her family and friends who want her to accept her fate and take what she can. Radium Girls offers a wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.
Full script
Act 1:drive.google.com/file/d/1qZ6-XmKaCI7dB51r6nnqW1nbf4ON9tla/view
Act 2: drive.google.com/file/d/1BCegYQ_VTqn_eCMhpUXVpiHYMsh5Cg0h/view
Female Characters:
Grace Fryer
15 at beginning and then 26 at end
Dial painter in factory
Gentle and placating in nature, uneducated, wants to do what's right, quiet strength
Kathryn Schaub
15 at start of the play, ages like Grace
friend of Grace –dial painter
feisty, outspoken
Irene Rudolph
17 at start and then late 20's
Kathryn's cousin, dial painter
Fun-loving, ‘giggly’
Miss Katherine Wiley
20-45 -flexible
Exec Director, New Jersey Consumer's League
Public speaker, think suffragette – determined, fights for cause
Sob Sister -Nancy Jane Harlan (reporters who specialized in newspaper articles with emphasis on the human interest angle)
20-45 - flexible
Tabloid reporter, New York Graphic
Hustler, competing with male counterparts
Mrs. Diane Roeder
35-55 overtime
married to Arthur Roeder
Homemaker, upper class, believes in her husband
Mrs. Fryer
40+
Grace’s mother
Does like conflict. Doesn’t’ want to make a fuss about things.
Male Characters
Arthur Roeder
34 at beginning and 65 at end
President of US Radium Corp
More considerate and compassionate than colleagues, family man, conflicted
C.B Charlie Lee
late 40's
VP and later President of Radium Corp
About sales and marketing - a little on the cold side.
Reporter (Jack Youngwood)
20-40 flexible
Reporter - Newark Ledger
Hustler, after a good story
Tom Kreider
early 20's at start and then late 20's
Grace's boyfriend
Simple guy – just wants to get married and have kids, doesn’t support Grace’s fight but loves her.
Raymond Berry
35+ flexible
An attorney for dial painters
Comes across as genuine and concerned but can be swayed
Dr. Joseph Knef
35+ flexible
A dentist
Direct, no-nonsense, self-interested
Edward Markley
35+ flexible
Counsel for the Company
Lawyer, patient, practical.
Dr. Von Sochocky
45+ flexible
Founder of US Radium Corp., inventor of luminous paint
German accent, scientist, conflicted between innovation and consequences.
Audition Requirements:
Auditions will be script readings in groups of 4-6. All but the two lead characters play multiple roles. Even the two leads play the same character over a wide span of time so agility is key.
Script readings are all available online as per the links below.
Allow half an hour for each audition.
Please note that auditions may be filmed for the director’s review only and will be deleted on casting.
Characters and scripts:
Only the key characters have been included for readings. Total cast will be 9-12
Apart from Dr. Sochocky – New Jersey American accent.
All scripts can be found here under character names
The season runs 9-25 August 2024.
Rehearsal Schedule
Monday and Thursdays starting Thursday May 9th, 7-10pm
Sundays from June 9th, 2-5pm
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