Inspired by actual events, “These Shining Lives” reaches back almost a century to uncover a harrowing but inspiring history that still has profound resonance to our society today.
February 25 – March 4, 2022
Written by Melanie Marnich
Directed by Ibi Owolabi
Longstreet Theatre
Inspired by actual events, These Shining Lives reaches back almost a century to uncover a harrowing but inspiring history that still has profound resonance to our society today. Through poetic and powerful language, playwright Melanie Marnich tells the tragic story of women in the 1920s hired to decorate watch faces with glow-in-the-dark, radium-based paint, a substance their employer refers to as “medicinal.” As they begin developing serious illnesses from radiation exposure, they soon realize the company’s complicity and wage a legal battle to bring it to justice. The case would go on to have far-reaching consequences on workers’ and womens’ rights in our own time.
“Perfect, touching and wistful…beautifully tragic.” — Talkin’ Broadway
Students | $15
USC Faculty/Staff, Military, Seniors 60+ | $20
General Public | $22
Contact: 803-777-2551
Email: theadancetix@sc.edu
To purchase individual tickets for Main Stage shows (in Longstreet and Drayton Hall Theatres), visit our online ticket site, or call 803-777-2551 to purchase directly from the Longstreet Theatre Box Office (1300 Greene Street). The Longstreet Box Office opens 1 week prior to each production run. Box Office Hours: Mon – Fri, 12:30pm – 5:30pm
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Phone: 8037779353
Email: theadancetix@sc.edu
2022/02/25 - 2022/03/04
Center for Performance Experiment
718 Devine St., Columbia, SC 29208
Limited parking available in the facility lot at 718 Devine St., in the Discovery Plaza Parking Garage (821 Park St.), or on the street at city meter spots.