These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich Directed by Frazer Lively Performances Oct. 12 – 14 Comedy/tragedy that shows the true story of women considered to be expendable in their day. Catherine and her friends are dying, it’s true; but theirs is a story of survival, as they refuse to allow the company that stole their health to kill their spirits– or to endanger the lives that come after them.