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Radium Girls is D.W. Gregory’s gripping drama based on the true story of female laborers who were poisoned and killed by their factory’s radium-based paint. The narrative centers on events in New Jersey in the mid 1920’s.
The play highlights Grace, Irene, and Kathryn, who paint dials in the U.S. Radium Plant and are instructed to finely point their brushes by molding the bristles with their mouths while painting. The factory’s new owner, Arthur Roeder, is excited by radium’s promising future and believes in the company’s potential for growth. 
Soon, many of the girls begin to notice disturbing health issues, and one of their co-workers dies, but her death is brushed aside by the company. The girls seek guidance from Kathrine Wiley and take legal action to hold the company accountable. 
Radium Girls fiercely examines the commercialization of science, the pursuit of both health and wealth, the power of the underdog, and the harsh injustices laborers in America have faced, and may continue to face today.