Anoka-Ramsey Community College Theatre presents "These Shining Lives" beginning November 8

October 09, 2024

Anoka-Ramsey Community College’s Theatre Department will take to the stage to present “These Shining Lives,” by Melanie Marnich. The show will be directed by Scott Ford, a previous faculty member at Anoka-Ramsey.

Events are free and open to the public. For ticket information please visit www.ARCCtheatre.com/current-production. Tickets are $10 and general admission seating.

When:

November 8, 9, 14*, 15, & 16 at 7:30 p.m.
*ASL Interpreted Performance

Cast List

Catherine Donohue – Sobella Nieto
Charlotte Purcell – Larissa Tollefson
Frances O’Connell – Alaysha Stevenson
Pearl Payne – Daisy Jean Wawers
Tom Donohue – Nicholas Kingdon
Rufus Reed – Joshua Orcutt
Leonard Grossman/Company Doctor – Alonso Alley
Dr. Rowntree/Judge/Son – Landon Grimm
Reporter 1/Daughter/Radio Announcer – Heather Hawkins
Dr. Dalitsch/Reporter 2 – Elmy Beckwith

Where:           

Anoka-Ramsey Community College 
Performing Arts Center
11200 Mississippi Blvd NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55433

More about These Shining Lives

This play chronicles the tragic and inspiring true story of a group of young women in the 1920s and 30s sometimes referred to as the Radium Girls.  They land well-paying jobs painting glow-in-the-dark watch and clock faces at the Radium Dial Company in central Illinois.  Over the next decade, the radium-infused paint slowly poisons the women leading to an array of debilitating health issues. The ensuing legal battle exposes the dishonesty and callousness of the profit-seekers, and the spirit and fortitude of these strong women. Join us for this moving story about friendship, love, women’s rights, and worker’s rights.