BHS advanced to REGIONAL UIL OAP competition April 23!
GO STAGE
HAWKS!!!
BHS Theatre's Radium Girls did not advance to State;
however, they had an awesome run. We had three cast members win individual honors at the Regional UIL OAP Competition:
Honorable Mention All-Star Cast: Mandy
Foster and Baylor Morrison
Best Actress: Tori
Smith
The final performance of Radium
Girls is Monday, April 26, 2010 at 6:30PM (prior to the BHS PTSA General Meeting, which is followed by a performance by the
BHS Jazz Band.)
At the right, Baylor, Tori, and Mandy Display Their UIL Region Medals
Wig-a-lo
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Birdville High School's One-Act Play, Radium Girls, advanced to REGIONAL competition on Saturday April
10, at Aledo High School. Aledo High School also advanced.
BHS Theatre will compete in San Angelo on April 23!
Go Stage Hawks!
AREA Competition
Individual Awards:
Outstanding Birdville Crew Member: Cassie Parsons
Honorable Mention All-Star Cast: Kaitlyn Hankins and Baylor Morrison
All-Star Cast: Chris Hurt
Best Actress: Tori Smith
CONGRATULATIONS!
Mr. Williamson and Ms.
Evans are...speechless!
Everyone is so proud of the cast and crew of Radium Girls!!!
Mr. Detrick, BISD Fine Arts Director, joins Mr. Williamson, Ms. Evans and the cast and crew of Radium Girls for a
celebratory picture after their performance at Area OAP Competition.
AREA Competition Individual Awards:
Outstanding
Birdville Crew Member: Cassie Parsons
Honorable Mention All-Star Cast: Kaitlyn Hankins and Baylor Morrison
All-Star Cast: Chris Hurt
Best Actress: Tori Smith
BHS Theatre's Radium Girls advanced from District UIL OAP Competition
to Area on April 2.
Congratulations to the Cast and Crew of Radium Girls. The show advanced
to the District One-Act Play competition on Thursday, April 1 at Saginaw High School.
Mandy (2nd from left) and Baylor (far right) receive Honorable Mention All-Star Cast Awards
Amy (2nd) and Kaitlyn (4th) receive All-Star Cast Awards at Zone
Leah Beth, Cassie, Meagan, Sam, and Nick - UIL OAP Zone Best Overall Crew
Cast List:
Historical Background:
The
Radium Girls were a group of female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark paint at the United States Radium factory in Orange, New Jersey around 1917. The women, who had been told the paint was harmless, ingested deadly amounts
of radium by licking their paintbrushes to sharpen them; some also painted their fingernails with the
glowing substance.
Five of the women challenged their employer
in a court case that established the right of individual workers who contract occupational diseases to sue their employers.
Play synopsis:
Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory
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.
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Birdville High School's One-Act Play, Radium Girls, advanced to REGIONAL competition on Saturday April
10, at Aledo High School. Aledo High School also advanced. 
Congratulations to the Cast and Crew of Radium Girls. The show advanced
to the District One-Act Play competition on Thursday, April 1 at Saginaw High School.
