‘Radium Girls’

Hayes High School thes­pi­ans will per­form their win­ter play, “Radium Girls,” at 7:30 p.m. on Fri­day and Sat­ur­day, in the school the­ater at 289 Euclid Ave. Tick­ets are $5 for stu­dents and senior cit­i­zens and $8 for adults, and can be pur­chased at the door begin­ning at 6:30 p.m. Pic­tured from left are Sammy Rupp, Emily Koer­itzer and Jayma Voorhies dur­ing dress rehearsal Tues­day. The play is based on a real-life inci­dent from the 1920s when female fac­tory work­ers fell ill from radium poi­son­ing caused by the glow­ing paint they were using after being told it was harm­less. (Gazette | Liz Robertson)