OU-C spring theater production promises to be a real ‘Smash’

The Ohio University-Chillicothe theater program will present “Smash” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 29 and 30, in the Bennett Hall Auditorium. Tickets are $10 for adults, $9 for seniors, $8 for groups of six or more and free for all students. Tickets are available at the Bennett Hall Information Desk during business hours and at the OU-C Box Office the evenings of performances. “Smash” is a play based on George Bernard Shaw’s novel, An Unsocial Socialist as adapted by Jeffery Hatcher. Set in 1910, the play involves an idealistic young millionaire who leaves his bride to fulfill his dream of overthrowing the government. After going incognito on the grounds of a school for well-bred women in an attempt to supplement the school’s curriculum with his own teaching, things do not go as planned for young Sidney Trefusis, and he finds himself questioning his beliefs about life, politics and women. “This play is terrific, it has it all,” according to Ken Breidenbaugh, OU-C theater director. “It has comedy, drama, a bit of farce and, more importantly, topics which are about as current as you can get. Which will it be: socialism or capitalism, and what, really, is the difference between the two? Also, it’s a real reminder of the role of women in society at the turn of the last century and their struggle for voice and purpose in man's financial world. It is a great choice for our spring show.”