In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not just with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire. Called a "powerful" and "engrossing" drama by critics, Radium Girls offers a wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.

Come join us for this important historical battle for justice!

Mission Statement

Whitefish Bay is passionately committed to the power educational theater has to change lives.  At Whitefish Bay, students have the opportunity to engage in high quality theater training in both acting and technical theater.  Moreover, their experience will provide important skills that will help them find success in life: discipline, commitment, responsibility, passion, empathy, organization, time management, grit, etc.

In order to provide the richest training experiences possible, our program is committed to producing productions of the highest quality.  Regardless of whether a student engages in a play or a musical, as an actor, a pit musician, or a technical artist, Whitefish Bay works to provide rich experiences that will challenge our students, inspire our students, and ignite and fuel passion within our students.   

As we commit to and work towards these goals, Whitefish Bay Theater strongly supports and values each part of the production team.  As members of Whitefish Bay’s theater family, we are all dependent on each other.  The best programs are the ones where each person is valued and their contributions are celebrated.  In our program, we value each person, each contribution, and we work to build each other up and support each other as individuals, as students, and as theatrical artists.  

If you want to financially support this mission by becoming a Theater Program Sponsor please reach out to Dave Frieder at 414-526-2820 or [email protected]