These Shining Lives
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble at Raven Theatre

Chicago Reader- Highly Recommended

"...Marnich gives an already compelling story wider historical resonance by carefully orchestrating well-chosen metaphors to equate the victims' downfall with the wholesale curtailment of women's newly won social freedoms during the Great Depression. Rivendell Theatre Ensemble's pitch-perfect cast make 100 intermissionless minutes urgent and captivating."
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Justin Hayford

Chicago Theater Blog- Highly Recommended

"...Catherine is elated to be starting a new job painting 100+ watches a day at 8 cents a watch. Time is her friend? Or is it? Rivendell Theatre Ensemble remounts its critically acclaimed and Jeff Award nominated These Shining Lives. Directed by Rachel Walshe,These Shining Lives is the true story of four of the many women who work at the Radium Dial Company in Ottawa, Illinois in the 1920’s. Unaware of the risk, these workers paint the glow-in-the-dark faces on watches utilizing radium."
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Katy Walsh