[Nstc] Radium Girls More Auditions/Daddy Long Legs Last Weekend

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Hi!

No Strings Theatre Company will hold additional auditions for “Radium  
Girls” by D.W. Gregory directed by Autumn Gieb on Wednesday, December 1 at  
6:00 p.m. at the Black Box Theatre Annex (Black Box Too) located at 717A N.  
Mesquite Street, in Las Cruces.

Still needed are 3 actors for male characters in the story, ranging from  
ages 18 to 65. Auditions consist of cold readings from the script. A  
perusal script is available at the Ask Here Desk at Branigan Library.

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.

For more information email the director, Autumn Gieb at autumngieb at gmail.com
The performance dates are January 28 to February 13, 2022.

“DADDY LONG LEGS” CONTINUES ITS RUN THROUGH-DECEMBER 5 AT THE BLACK BOX  
THEATRE

“Daddy Long Legs”, music and lyrics by Paul Gordon, book by John Caird,  
based on the novel by Jean Webster and directed by Nikka Ziemer is a  
charming and thoughtful story of a young woman of eighteen named Jerusha  
Abbott played by Cristina Zermeno, who lives in an orphanage. As the oldest  
person living there, many of the responsibilities of running the orphanage  
fall on her — but when a mysterious stranger played by David Arias, visits  
the orphanage and leaves Jerusha a letter, she finds that as a result of  
articulate and humorous essay she’s written, this stranger is going to fund  
her college education in the hopes that she’ll become a great author. The  
production opens at the Black Box Theatre, 430 N Main Street in Las Cruces,  
on Friday, November 19, and runs through Sunday, December 5.

Remaining Performances are Thursday, December 2 at 7 p.m., Friday, December  
3 at 8 p.m., Saturday, December 4 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, December 5 at 2:30  
p.m.

Tickets are $15.00 regular admission, $12.00 students and seniors over 65,  
and all seats on Thursday are $10.00. Reservations may be made online on  
the No Strings Theatre website (www.no- strings.org) or by calling the  
Black Box Theatre at (575) 523-1223.

The "Daddy Long Legs" invitational exhibit in thetheatregallery has  
creative and unusual artwork by Diana Ayres, Margaret Bernstein, Luci  
Bromberg, Sandy Clifford, Kris Karsteadt, Beth LeBlanc, Meredith Loring,  
Jan Minow, Lara Teich, Jan Thune, Lynn Unangst, and Kalene Womack.  
thetheatregallery is open an hour before all performances and by  
appointment by calling (575) 523-1223.