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North Penn High School Theatre Presents: Radium Girls

Tickets are now on sale for North Penn High School (NPHS) Theatre & Thespian Troupe 5464’s production of Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory.

Performances will be held live in the NPHS auditorium, located at 1340 Valley Forge Road in Lansdale. from Nov. 17 through Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m., and Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students. Performances will also be streamed live on Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m., and the recorded show streamed again Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 27 at noon. Streaming tickets are $25 for unlimited patrons. Gold and Silver cards will be honored for live performances.

Radium Girls tells the story of a group of young women working as watch painters who contract radiation poisoning as a result of the glowing radium paint used on the watch dials. Grace Fryer, a “radium girl,” leads the fight for justice against the U.S. Radium Corporation. who refuses to accept responsibility for the illnesses.

The play looks at the labor movement and women’s rights, both in and out of the workplace.

NPHS Theatre is funded in part by North Penn School District, but ticket sales cover sets, costumes, lights, sound rentals, and other technical and staffing expenses for the show. Patrons have the option to add a donation to their ticket purchase and support theatre students involved in this production while securing the future of theatre education at North Penn High School.

To purchase tickets online, click here. For more information about the show or to use the ticket order form, click here.

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