AUDITION

Please read all information below before submitting an audition form.

All levels of experience are welcome and encouraged to audition!

RIFFRAFF PRESENTS: 

 RADIUM GIRLS 

By D.W Gregory

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

Director: Meagan Mulgrew

Production Designer: Brittany Campbell

Technical Director: Nicholas Mueller

Stage Manager: Nicole Muse

Sound Designer: Philip Jaques

Lighting Designer: Chris Porcelli

Performance Dates: December 9 - 12, 2026

Location: 101 Archer 

Rehearsals begin: October 19, 2026

PLOT SUMMARY:

In 1926, radium was a miracle cure that promised a glittering future. But for the women of the U.S. Radium Corporation, that promise had devastating consequences. Radium Girls is a witty, fast-paced ensemble drama that explores the shocking true events that redefined labor law and workers’ rights in the United States.

AUDITION INFO:

Auditions:

Friday,  September 11, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Callbacks: 

Saturday, September 12, 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Location: Theatre Tulsa Studios

Details:

Auditions will be a one-minute dramatic monologue of your choosing, either one you have prepared or one of the monologues from the show listed below. 

If you cannot make initial auditions on Saturday but are still interested in auditioning, please submit a self-tape of your monologue to meagan@riffrafftulsa.org by Friday, September 11 at 8:00pm. 

Callbacks will be scene readings from the script.

All levels of experience are welcome and encouraged to audition! Have questions about the audition process? Please email meagan@riffrafftulsa.org - we’re here to help!

Please fill out the AUDITION FORM HERE if you plan on auditioning.

CASTING:

For this production, we are looking for a cast of 9 actors, 5 female-presenting and 4 male-presenting. Actors of all backgrounds , genders, and ages (18+) are highly encouraged to audition. This is truly an ensemble piece; there are no small parts in this production and every actor will be playing several roles, with the exception of actors playing GRACE FRYER and ARTHUR ROEDER. 

AUDITION MONOLOGUES:

Auditions will be a one-minute dramatic monologue of your choosing, either one you have prepared or one of the monologues from the show listed below. 

ROEDER. Girls. This paint you’ve been playing with. It’s very expensive. You realize this? It takes several tons of ore to produce a single gram of radium. That’s a lot of work - hard work, for the men in the extraction plant. But they do this work gladly. You understand why? Why they work so hard? What we are all working for? The dials you paint save lives, girls. Our boys in the field depend on them. To read them in the dark, no mistaking what they see. Otherwise…some of those boys won’t be coming home. So, girls. If you play around and don’t take the work seriously…well, you’re playing into the hands of the Kaiser. And we don’t want that, do we? So let’s get back to work now and leave the tomfoolery at home…Just keep this in mind: If you do right by us, we’ll do right by you.

MISS WILEY. I think I can help you. If you’re willing to take some chances. If you would be willing to set aside your own need – just for the moment, we can put a stop to that company. We can stop them dead in their tracks. I understand your concerns. But this company has already shown it’s willing to go to extremes to protect itself. No, I’m afraid the only way we’ll get to them is to hit them where it matters most. Their public image. When every newspaper in America tells your story. How you were sorely treated. How you suffered. How the company denied all responsibility. Believe me, Miss Fryer, when that happens, Arthur Roeder will come to the table with his hat in his hands. 

GRACE. I’m goin’ to court, Ma. I want those people to look at me! I want them to look at me and explain how it’s my fault I got sick working in their factory! Ma. All my life, I’ve done what other people told me to do. I quit school. Because you said I should. I put that brush in my mouth ‘cause Mrs. McNeil said I should. I never said, I don’t like the taste of this paint. I never argued. Even though I knew – Ma. I knew somethin’ wasn’t right. At night, I’d lie in bed, and I’d see my dress. Hanging on the back of the closet door. All aglow. My shoes on the floor. My hairbrush. And comb. On the dresser. So much light, Ma. So much light! And I never once questioned. I never once asked! Don’t you see? They knew I wouldn’t. That’s what they were counting on.

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Interested in working with Riffraff but not an actor? We’re always looking for production assistants in lighting, sound, props, costumes, stage management, and directing! Send an email to meagan@riffrafftulsa.org and let us know how you’d like to be a part of Radium Girls.