CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.– Dramatic Publishing hosted a book-signing for playwright D.W. Gregory, author of Radium Girls, at the Southeastern Theater Conference in Chattanooga, March 6.
“It’s always a blast coming to the SETC conference,” Gregory said. “This year was really special, with a book-signing at Dramatic’s Booth. I’m always amazed at the number of teachers and students who come up to me to share their excitement about the play. So many of them have either produced it or are planning to do it. It’s really something.”
One of the largest networks of professional, academic and amateur theatre practitioners in the country, SETC holds an conference annually in the 10-state southeastern region of the U.S. Its membership is open to anyone in the U.S.
Gregory was at the 2026 conference to teach a workshop on play structure, Turning Points in Drama.
With more than 350 productions last year and nearly 3,000 productions since publication, Radium Girls was among the most produced plays in American theater in 2025, according to Playbill magazine. For seven years running, it was also among the top ten most produced plays in U.S. high schools.
Radium Girls one of several of Gregory’s scripts published by Dramatic. A one-act version is also a popular title with high schools and universities and is a frequent entry in thespian competitions around the country.
In 2024, King’s Ely school, of Cambridgeshire, U.K., presented its production of the one-act version at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Other Titles
Gregory’s other plays published by Dramatic include the black comedy The Good Girl is Gone; Salvation Road, a comic drama about a young man’s attempt to rescue his sister from what he believes is a religious cult; Penny Candy, a teen rom-com set in 1950s Appalachia, and Secret Lives of Toads, a comedy about not fitting in, suitable for middle school or upper elementary groups.
Other projects for general audiences include a musical adaptation of Radium Girls with composer Steven M. Alper and lyricist Sarah Knapp, and with the same team, a three-actor riff on Twelfth Night: The Yellow Stocking Play, which received awards for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical in the CreateTheater 2023 New Works Festival.
