These Shining Lives

Stagehouse Theatre
Grossmont College Drive El Cajon

These Shining Lives, the celebrated play by Melanie Marnich (HBO's Big Love), is the story of four Depression-era women newly introduced to the working world at the Radium Dial factory, where they form friendships and build a shared life while painting tiny numbers onto watch faces. But their newfound independence is rocked by the discovery that the paint they're using is radioactive, leading to health problems and a lawsuit against the factory.