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October 26, 27, 28, 2023 | |||||||||||
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Directed By Ellyn Schneider | |||||||||||
Addison O'Grady |
Zachary Borquez |
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CAST LIST
Wayne Hopkins: Jojo Bongiovi
Oliver Rivers: Dean Fronk
Megan Jones: Kadyn Freid
Narrator: Elena McFadden
Leanne: Persephone Ferry
J.Finch Fletchley: Gal Yelinek
Ernie Mac: Peter Mendoza
Hannah Abbott: Kennedy Sheehan
Susie Bones/Myrtle: Miley Katz
Sally Perks: Max Fybel
Cedric/Mr. Voldy: Abby Schuh
Xavia Jones/Zach Smith: Ava Winkle
Harry: Nora Farkas
First Headmaster/Hermeoone 2/Frenchy/Death Buddy: Paige Walker
Second Headmaster: Talia Sitomer
McG/Sprouty/Lanny/Runes Teacher/Ms. Babble/Dragon: Skyler Gray
A Certain Potions Teacher/Ghost Teacher/Mr. Nick: Nikki Nguyen
Real Mr. Moody/Prof Turban/Prof Locky/Anthony Goldstein/Death Buddy: Alicia Giraldo
Ginny/Uncle Dave/Death Buddy #1: Jade Wolff
Blondo Malfoy/Death Buddy/Guard: Avery Boggs
Clumsy Longbottom/Fat Friar/Viktor/Seamus/Death Buddy: Aharon Shouhed
Granger/Hermeoone 1/Bippy: Kaia Ghalimi
Hermeoone 2/Helga: Sashvi Mehta
Rowena/Mr. Bagman:Charvee Rai
Ric Gryff/Colin/Death Buddy/Guard: Eli Kingston
Sal/Death Buddy/Guard: Mia Nobel
Scorpio/TallMan/Death Buddy/Guard: Peyton Watnick
Rita Scooter/Goyle/DB/Guard: Sophia Hamlett
Design Team Cameos: Margaux Raymond, Anusha Pandy
PRODUCTION & DESIGN TEAMS
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Vincent Zohar
STAGE MANAGER: Eden Yelinek
PROP DESIGN/RUNNING CREW CO- LEAD: Margaux Raymond
PROP DESIGN/RUNNING CREW CO-LEAD: Carmel Chen
COSTUME DESIGN LEAD: Addison O’Grady
SET DESIGN CO-LEAD: Arin Rifkin
SET DESIGN CO-LEAD: Kylie Vo
TECH LEAD & LIGHT DESIGN: Ethan Centeno
PR LEAD: Elena McFadden
ASSISTANT COSTUME LEAD: Jonas Norton
ASSISTANT COSTUME LEAD: Gabby Salter
ASSISTANT TECH LEAD: Grace Halecky
PROP TEAM: Ash Kalmus, Anusha Pandy, Shai Zur
COSTUME TEAM: Aliyah Lee, Daniella Uziel
SOUND TECH: Grace Halecky, Lauren Horstman, Eden Yelinek
MIC WRANGLERS: Anusha Pandy, Kylie Vo
SPOTLIGHT TECHS: Amber Cox, Luke Latimer
SET TEAM: Dani Bojorquez, Sonia Hansen
RUNNING CREW: Dani Bojorquez, Sonia Hansen, Ash Kalmus, Anusha Pandy, Arin Rifkin,
Shai Zur
PRODUCTION STAFF
DIRECTOR: Ellyn Schneider
DESIGN SUPERVISION: Evan Schneider
TECHNICAL ADVISOR: Zachary Borquez
PRODUCER: Oak Park Performing Arts Alliance (OPPAA Executive Board: Kelly Freid, Edward Park, Kyle Dusek, Jenn Newhart, Iris Yelinek, Tammi O’Grady, Lauren Daniels, Fran Rifkin, Juliet Raymond)
SET CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION: Ami Yelinek
PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHY: Kathy Schuh
PROP DONATIONS: Carlsbad High School
Who's Who
CAST LIST (in order of appearance)
GRACE FRYER: MIA MCCABE
RAYMOND BERRY: LAUREN HORSTMAN
ARTHUR ROEDER: JOJO BONGIOVI
EDWARD MARKLEY: VINCENT ZOHAR
KATHRYN SCHAUB: KADYN FREID
IRENE RUDOLPH: ABBY SCHUH
MRS. ALMA MACNEIL: MAX FYBEL
DR. VON SOCHOCKY: GAL YELINEK
SOB SISTER (NANCY JANE HARLAN): ELIZABETH DUSEK
REPORTER (JACK YOUNGWOOD): JONAS NORTON
SOCIETY WOMAN: MALINA STAR
MADAM CURIE: MILEY KATZ
C.B. "CHARLIE" LEE: JASPER HILDEBRANT
TOM KREIDER: DEAN FRONK
ANNA FRYER: ABIGAIL LEDUC
MRS. MICHAELS: KENNEDY SHEEHAN
DR. HARRISON MARTLAND: PETER MENDOZA
WILLIAM J.A. BAILEY: KYLIE VO
CLERK: PAIGE WALKER
DIANE ROEDER: DANIKA KOSCELNICK
HARRIET ROEDER: PERSY FERRY
DR. JOSEPH KNEF: ELI KINGSTON
DR. CECIL DRINKER: NORA FARKAS
FREDERICK FLINN Ph.D: AVA WINKLE
KATHERINE WILEY: ELENA MCFADDEN
SHOP GIRL: JADE WOLFF
MALE SHOPPER: PETER MENDOZA
CUSTOMER: MARA VAHANIAN
STORE OWNER: KYLIE VO
ELDERLY WIDOW: AVERY BOGGS
VENECINE SALESMAN: NORA FARKAS
LOVESICK COWBOY: MAX FYBEL
PHOTOGRAPHER: PERSY FERRY
BOARD MEMBERS: KENNEDY SHEEHAN, AVA WINKLE, PAIGE WALKER
JUDGE: MILEY KATZ
DIAL PAINTERS: AVERY BOGGS, PERSY FERRY (SARAH DEUTSCH), KENNEDY SHEEHAN, MARA VAHANIAN (LOUISE CONLON), KYLIE VO, PAIGE WALKER, AVA WINKLE, JADE WOLFF (LENA MCCARTHY)
PRODUCTION & DESIGN TEAM
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: ADDISON O’GRADY
STAGE MANAGER & LIGHTING DESIGNER: NOAH KRATT
SET DESIGN LEAD & RUNNING CREW LEAD: AVEN GAETA
PROP DESIGN LEAD & RUNNING CREW LEAD: SADIE BERGER
TECH DESIGN LEAD: EDEN YELINEK
COSTUME DESIGN LEAD: ABIGAIL LEDUC
PR DESIGN LEAD: MIA MCCABE
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER & SPOTLIGHT TECH: CARMEL CHEN
ASSISTANT SET DESIGNER & SPOTLIGHT TECH: ARIN RIFKIN
ASSISTANT PROP DESIGNER & RUNNING CREW: ADITI AGINA
ASSISTANT TECH DESIGNER & SOUND TECH; KAM LICATA
ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER: DANIELLA UZIEL
SET TEAM: PETER DUGGAN, GRACE HALECKY, HILA MAISH, DYLAN MCDONALD, LAUREN POTEAT
PROP TEAM: HILA MAISH, MIA NOBEL, PERSY FERRY, MAX FYBEL
LIGHT TECH: ETHAN CENTENO
VIDEO EFFECTS: BLUE MANNING
MIC WRANGLERS: GRACE HALECKY, HILA MAISH
COSTUME TEAM: GRACE VANSCHOONEVELD, ELIZABETH DUSEK, KADYN FREID MIA MCCABE, ELENA MCFADDEN, JONAS NORTON, MALINA STAR
RUNNING CREW: PETER DUGGAN, DYLAN MCDONALD, MIA NOBEL, LAUREN POTEAT
HOUSE MANAGER: MARGAUX RAYMOND
DIRECTOR: ELLYN SCHNEIDER
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: ZACHARY BORQUEZ
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: EVAN SCHNEIDER
PRODUCER: OPPAA (Oak Park Performing Arts Alliance)
Scene List
THE TIME: The I920s. THE PLACE: Orange, New Jersey.
ACT 1
Scene 1: The US Radium Factory
Scene 2: A Street Scene
Scene 3: The US Radium Factory
Scene 4: The Fryer Family Home
Scene 5: Arthur Roeder’s Office
Scene 6: A Street Scene
Scene 7: The Health Department
Scene 8: The Roeder Family Front Porch
Scene 9: Dr. Knef’s Dental Office/Roeder’s Office
Scene 10: The Fryer Family Home/Roeder’s Office
Scene 11: The Woman’s Club of Orange Gathering
INTERMISSION (15 minutes)
ACT 2
Scene 1: A Street Scene
Scene2: Raymond Berry’s Office
Scene 3: A Hospital
Scene 4: US Radium Boardroom
Scene 5: A Room in the Essex County Courthouse
Scene 6: A Street Scene
Scene 7: The Roeder Family Home
Scene 8: A Street Scene
Scene 9: The Fryer Family Home
Scene 10: The Empty Dial Painting Studio at US Radium
Scene 11: The Fryer Family Home
Scene 12: Dr. Von Sochocky’s Home
Scene 13: The Essex County Courtroom
Scene 14: A Street Scene
Scene 15: A Cemetery
Director's Note
DIRECTOR’S NOTE…
The play Radium Girls, written by D.W.Gregory, is a work of historical fiction inspired by the true story of Grace Fryer and the other dial painters in the 1920’s who fought to bring the truth about the horrors of radium use to light and stood up to the corporations, the medical industry and legal professionals who turned a blind eye and sought to keep these truths under wraps. The story is based on events that took place between 1918 and 1928 in Orange, New Jersey in and around the US Radium Corporation. Discovered by Marie & Pierre Curie, radium was all the rage during this time period, thought to improve bones and enhance vitality, radium could be found in chocolate, cosmetics, health elixirs and more. Radium was added to paint for watch dials and other items to be seen in the dark. This was invaluable during World War 1 and many radium companies had lucrative contracts with the government to produce these items. To paint the watches, the dial painters would wet the brush with their lips to make a very fine point and then dip the brush in the paint, this was known as lip dip painting. With every touch to their lips, the girls would ingest trace amounts of radium which, over time, caused painful disease, illness and eventually death. It took many years for the case to come to fruition as the girls faced roadblocks of deceitful corporations, doctors and lawyers. The term ‘Radium Girls’ was coined by 1920’s media to describe the dial painters and their plight as they sought to bring about their lawsuit against US Radium.
Radium Girls is one of the most produced plays in U.S. High Schools with more than 1800 productions as of September 2023, and offers an unflinching look at how power, money and deception can overtake corporations, government and science.
A heavy subject matter for young actors but an important and relevant story to tell and these students were up to the task. Not only delving into the historical, scientific and legal context of the play but creating a deep connection to the characters and to the story. This was definitely a departure from our usual lighthearted selections but at this moment in our recent history with science, technology, corporations and medicine seemingly moving faster than the speed of light, it was a good time for a reflective piece on humanity.
Meet the Company
Aditi Agina

Sadie Berger

Avery Boggs

Jojo Bongiovi

Ethan Centeno

Carmel Chen

Peter Duggan

Elizabeth Dusek

Nora Farkas

Persy Ferry

Kadyn Freid

Dean Fronk

Max Fybel

Aven Gaeta

Grace Halecky

Jasper Hildebrant

Lauren Horstman

Miley Katz

Eli Kingston

Danika Koscelnick

Noah Kratt

Abigail Leduc

Kamilla Licata

Hila Maish

Blue Manning

Mia McCabe

Dylan McDonald

Elena McFadden

Peter Mendoza

Mia Nobel

Jonas Norton

Addison O'Grady

Lauren Poteat

Arin Rifkin

Abby Schuh

Kennedy Sheehan

Malina Star

Daniella Uziel

Mara Vahanian

Grace VanSchooneveld

Kylie Vo

Paige Walker

Ava Winkle

Jade Wolff

Eden Yelinek

Gal Yelinek

Vincent Zohar

Ellyn Schneider

Zachary Borquez

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