Audition Information for the ‘26 - ‘27 Season!
Auditions:
Saturday, January 2nd @ 1:00 PM
Tuesday, January 5th @ 7:00 PM
@ The Corson Playhouse
Performance Dates:
April 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11
Director: Michelle Smith
Auditions will consist of cold reads from provided sides. Please email info@mightycorson.com with questions.
The Story
“These Shining Lives” chronicles the true story of women working at the Radium Dial Company in the 1920s. Lured by good wages, these women painted watch dials with luminous, radium-based paint, unaware of the devastating health consequences. As they fall ill, the play follows their fight for justice against a corporation that values profit over the lives of its employees, bravely illuminating a dark chapter in American labor history and exploring themes of corporate negligence, female resilience, and the enduring need for workers’ rights.
Roles (as listed in script)
Catherine Donohue - Plays only herself.
Frances - Also plays Reporter 2, an Official.
Charlotte - Also plays Reporter 1.
Pearl - Also plays Daughter, Judge 2.
Tom Donohue, her husband - Also plays Dr. Rowntree, Dr. Dalitsch.
Mr. Reed - Also plays Radio Announcer, Company Doctor, Son, Judge, Leonard Grossman.
Everyone is in their mid- to late twenties. Mr. Reed can be older.