by Melanie Marnich
Directed by Kate Poling
May 11-June 8
In 1922 four women have taken their dream jobs painting the tiny hands on watches in the factory of The Radium Dial Company in Ottawa Illinois. These Shining Lives chronicles the strength and determination of these women who were considered expendable in their day, exploring their true story and its continued resonance. Catherine and her friends are dying, it’s true; but theirs is a story of survival in its most transcendent sense, as they refuse to allow the company that stole their health to kill their spirits—or endanger the lives of those who come after them.
