This year, Hays High School’s play, “Radium Girls,” will take place during the fall semester, with the Fall Play being performed on Nov. 14-16 at 7 p.m. each evening at 12th Street Auditorium.
Director Bill Gasper held auditions Wednesday, Sept. 11 and Thursday, Sept. 12.
The cast list for the production is as follows:
Senior Jordan Aschenbrenner as Grace Fryer
Senior Oscar Flores as Arthur Roeder
Senior Addy Brull as Katherine Schaub
Junior Rose Windholz as Mrs. Alma MacNeil/Diane Roeder
Sophomore Alexis Ryan as Irene/Shop Girl
Junior Bryler Russell as Dr. Von Sochocky
Senior Katelyn Willemsen as Charlotte “CB” Lee
Junior Allison Goertzen as Sob Sister (Nancy Jane Harlan)
Freshman Elisabeth Bergman as Reporter (Jacqueline Youngblood)
Junior Jesse Staab as Tom Kreider
Senior Clare Tholstrup as Anna Fryer/Dr. Knef
Sophomore Riley Flax as Virginia Markley
Freshman Ella Fenwick as Ramona Berry
Junior Kennedy Walburn as Madame Curie/Board Member 2 & 3
Sophomore Juliet Gross as Society Woman/Board Member 1/Crowd Scenes
Senior Alyiah Conner as Frances Flinn, Ph.D./Elderly Widow/Crowd Scenes
Senior Alivia Sellens as Katherine Wiley
Freshman Caleb Nicholas as William Bailey/Male Shopper/Lovesick Cowboy/Crowd Scenes
Freshman Shiloh Gaschler as Dr. Cecelia Drinker/Venecine Salesperson
Sophomore Kayden Eaton as Clerk/Crowd Scenes
Freshman Leah Thomas as Mrs. Michaels/Store Owner/Crowd Scenes
Freshman Rowan Neeley as Dr. Harriet Martland/Customer/Photographer/Crowd Scenes
Sophomore Adriana Carillo Maldonado as Harriet/Crowd Scenes
Inspired by real events, “Radium Girls” tells a story about seeking justice. Grace Fryer is a dial painter in a watch factory, and she paints watches with radium. The other girls in the factory begin to fall ill with an unknown ailment. When Grace realizes that the company she works for is the reason she and the other employees are falling sick, she fights in court.
“The playwright has done an amazing job of capturing the element of sympathy and understanding from all perspectives and is sure to tap into the audience’s emotions as it unfolds,” Windholz said.
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