These Shining Lives
by Melanie Marnich
Photos by Jason Fassl
Umbrella Group
CAST
Catherine Donohue - Libby Amato
Frances - Jade Taylor
Charlotte - Anna Figlesthaler
Pearl - Linnea Koeppel
Tom Donohue - Phillip Sletteland
Mr. Reed, et al. - Randall Anderson
Dr. Dalitsch, et al. - Tom Marks
Creative Team
Costume Designer - Aria Thornton
Lighting & Scenic Designer - Jason Fassl
Props Design - Madelyn Yee
Sound Designer - Megan Henninger
What People Are Saying
“'Radium Girls' get their due in Umbrella Group's Shining Lives”, “Metoxen… rarely lose[s] sight of Catherine's key insight: These workers aren't heroic symbols in a morality play, but ordinary people to whom awful things happened.”
— Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“…splendid, powerful and touching production…”, “This play, directed with exquisite care by Mallory Metoxen, is based on a true story, and Metoxen has the good sense not to overplay her hand. The walk is a soft one, steady and full of the kind of love that a group of women can have for each other.”
— Dave Begel, On Milwaukee
“Metoxen…[is] infused with passion for the material and is theatrically savvy enough to lean on the power of tableaus and traded dialog”