These Shining Lives, by Malanie Marnich follows the compelling stories of the "Radium Girls, " young women in the 1920's and '30's who painted the faces of luminous watches and clocks with radioactive paint.  Set in Chicago, home of the Radium Dial Company, the play deals with the true story of catherine Donohue, who begins working at the factory with the excitement of a newly liberated woman entering the workforce in 1922.  It then follows her life through her cancer diagnosis and the litigation she pursued against Radium Dial into the later 1930's.  This transcendent story interweaves aspects of labor law, social and women's history, and the personal details of the "Radium Girls" lives.  

ACT 1, TOPICS is a series of monologues and scenes performed by our TOPICS (Theater of Purpose at Indian Creek School) players.  The night will open with these performances on the mainstage as a backdrop for These Shining Lives.