The CCTeens are back with another non-musical for the Winter semester! We will follow a similar format as we did this summer and fall with smaller casts, no more than 20 performers per production to make it easier to keep space between cast members, backstage and on stage. We will take temperatures at the door and masks are required at all times. Rehearsing non-musical plays allows us to focus on acting skills, character development, and to grow as performers. In order to adhere to recommended guidelines, the audition process for this year will be a bit different from what you are used to.

1. All auditionees should fill in the form below completely. Make sure you get to the end and click "submit."

2. CCTeens (10th-12 grades) will record themselves performing two of the monologues included in the audition packet. Photos and videos will be emailed to audition@columbiachildrenstheatre.com and should be submitted no later than December 4th.

Rehearsals will take place at Columbia Children’s Theatre and will be run safely with guidance from our COVID-19 task force. Policies and protocols will be emailed to you. Several zoom gatherings of all parents/caregivers will be required before rehearsals begin to explain the procedures and policies and to answer any questions.

Performances will be shown through a virtual premiere on February 5th. The show will be pre-recorded on  January 24th.
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Radium Girls (directed by Paul Lindley)
Radium Girls is D.W. Gregory’s gripping drama based on the true story of female laborers who were poisoned and killed by their factory’s radium-based paint. Though Radium Girls ranges from 1918 through the 1940’s, the bulk of the narrative is centered on events in New Jersey in the mid 1920’s. The play highlights Grace, Irene, and Kathryn who paint dials in the U.S. Radium Plant and are instructed to finely point their brushes by molding the bristles with their mouths while painting. The factory’s new owner, Arthur Roeder, is excited by radium’s promising future and believes in the company’s potential for growth. Roder’s mindset is supported by Marie Curie, the internationally famous scientist, who believes radium provides many health benefits and could even cure cancer. Radium Girls fiercely examines the commercialization of science, the pursuit of both health and wealth, the power of the underdog, and the fierce injustice laborers in America have faced, and may even continue to face in the present.