Young actors stage an early fight for what’s right

Woodland Christian High School production takes on true events that followed the First World War in Radium Girls

Last updated on Mar 05, 26

Posted on Mar 05, 26

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A true story set in the aftermath of the First World War is the latest theatrical offering from Woodland Christian High School.

Radium Girls tells the story of girls and women who worked in paint factories where, during the war, they painted items such as watches and airplane dials with paint that contained radium. As instructed, the women would use their lips to give the brush a fine tip while they worked. This exposure caused health issues, including toothaches, back pains, cancer and sarcoma, and eventually led to the deaths of many of the women. 

The Woodland Christian High School’s cast of the Radium Girls. First row: Mrs. Vander Vaart, Jayda Johnstone, Malachi Szanto, Owen VanderLaan, Olivia Miller, Bethany Leeder, Anakke Van Drunen, Nikias Reddecopp, Charlie Leferink, Seth Bruulsema, Matthew Marshall, Ms. Arthur. Second row: Arianna Macdonald, Sophia Zhang, Petra Schuurman, Danielle Pardys, Paige Richardson, Katelyn Ballard, Irelyn Harker, Katrielle Beda, Elyssa Weinhardt, Jorden Heeg. Third row: Promise Edwards, Sydney Wilkinson, David Kirby, Emily Hilverda, Tybee Duncan, Bentley Klein-Geltink, Sofia Mencia, Nathalie Ospina Morales, Hollen Douma, Paige Jansen, Janelle Hunse. Fourth row: Lily Satnik, Zoe Canada, Luke Graham, Ben Arthur, Samuel Cubitt, Ethan Hunse, Elliot Wiersma, Alex Flatla, Iva Davy, Joshua Nusaputra. Absent: Kai Kowtecky and Abi Roggow. [Andrea Eymann]
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