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Auditions for
Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory
Audition Dates: Apr 20 & Apr 21, 2026
Time: 6:30 p.m – 9:00p.m.
Who should audition!
Each character will be playing multiple roles unless stated otherwise.
We are looking for the following roles.
Women
GRACE – 18–35
G1 – KATHRYN / SOCIETY WOMAN / HARRIET / SHOPGIRL / BOARD MEMBER #1 – (18–45)
G2 – IRENE / MISS WILEY / BOARD MEMBER #2 / MRS. MICHAELS – (18–45)
G3 – SOB SISTER / MACNEIL / CLERK / MRS. FRYER – (35–70)
G4 – MRS. ROEDER / MADAME CURIE / CUSTOMER / BOARD MEMBER #3 – (30–60)
Ensemble Radium Girls
Radium Girl / Shop Girl – (15–40)
Radium Girl / Clerk – (15–40)
Radium Girl / Customer – (15–40)
Men
ROEDER – (30–60)
M1 – LEE / BAILEY / DRINKER / LOVESICK COWBOY / MALE SHOPPER / COURT – (25–65)
M2 – BERRY / MARTLAND / FLINN / STORE OWNER – (18–65)
M3 – TOM / REPORTER / KNEF / VENECINE SALESMAN – (18–35)
M4 – MARKLEY / VON SOCHOCKY / ELDERLY WIDOW / PHOTOGRAPHER – (30–65)
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
WOMEN IN THE FACTORY
Grace Fryer – Lead. A top-notch dial painter.
Kathryn Schaub – Her friend and fellow dial painter.
Irene Rudolph – Kathryn’s cousin.
Mrs. Alma MacNeil – Their supervisor.
THE COMPANY MEN
Arthur Roeder – President of the U.S. Radium Corporation.
Edward Markley – Counsel for the company.
C.B. “Charlie” Lee – Vice president, later president of the company.
Dr. Von Sochocky – Founder of U.S. Radium Corp. and inventor of the luminous paint.
THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Tom Kreider – Grace’s boyfriend, several years older than she is.
Diane Roeder – Arthur Roeder’s wife.
Harriet Roeder – Their daughter. Nine years old at first; later seen in her 30s.
Anna Fryer – Grace’s mother.
THE ADVOCATES
Katherine Wiley – Executive Director of the New Jersey Consumer’s League.
Raymond Berry – An attorney representing the dial painters.
THE SCIENTISTS
Dr. Cecil Drinker – A Harvard industrial hygienist.
Dr. Harrison Martland – The county medical examiner.
Dr. Joseph Knef – A dentist.
Dr. Marie Curie – Discoverer of radium.
Frederick Flinn, Ph.D. – Columbia University industrial hygienist.
THE PRESS
Reporter (Jack Youngwood) – Reporter for the Newark Ledger.
Sob Sister (Nancy Jane Harlan) – Tabloid reporter for the New York Graphic.
THE WITNESSES
William J.A. Bailey – Entrepreneur and manufacturer of Radithor.
Mrs. Michaels – A consumer of Radithor.
Society Woman – Mrs. James (Cora) Middleton, a well-bred woman.
Clerk – An overworked public employee.
Send your request to theatre98boxoffice@att.net.
Auditions will be cold reads from the script.
No experience required.
Get Involved
We also need help with costumes, set painting, props, scene changes, lights & sound. Come to auditions and tell us how you’d like to help out!