Community Panel Discussion in Partnership with Northlight Theatre

ShiningLivesJoin EWHP on May 18th for an evening including an artistic overview of the creative process behind Northlight Theatre’s World Premiere Shining Lives: A Musical with the director/ co-creator, and a panel discussion centered around issues raised in the play.

It’s 1922 and the young women of Chicago’s Radium Dial Company are living a dream— earning good wages and beaming with new-found independence. After years of hand-painting watch dials, the so-called “harmless” radium leads to tragic results. Four courageous women upend their lives with a determination to change the future in this inspiring new musical.

Taking place on Monday, May 18th at 6:30 pm at the Evanston History Center (225 Greenwood St in Evanston), members of the community are invited to engage in a discussion about issues raised in the play with panelists:

  • Jessica Thebus – Assistant Professor, Northwestern University; Director and co-creator of Shining Lives: A Musical
  • Cindy Wilson – Clinical Professor of Law, Northwestern University
  • Glen Madeja – Executive Director, Frances Willard Historical Association
  • Lori Osborne – Director of the Evanston Women’s History Project, Evanston History Center

Thematically, this new musical offers perspective on issues including:

  • Women in the workplace—then and now
  • Labor Law Reform
  • Safe working conditions and corporate responsibility

Everyone attending this event will be able to purchase specially priced tickets to Shining Lives: A Musical, playing at Northlight Theatre May 8 – June 14, 2015.

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