She is a committed Salvation Army evangelist and rescuer of the outcasts. The two battle over idealism and reality. Much of the battle involves Barbara's scholarly tutor, Adolphus Cusins, who has feigned an interest in the Salvation Army to be near Barbara. When her father tries to convert her to big business, the results are surprising. World War I. GVSU designers Jill Dole Hamilton and Alfred Sheffield have created a stage that contrasts an industrial park with a Salvation Army shelter.
Costumes emphasize the difference between the limousine class and the rags of the working people.
Gladstone junior Teresa Okraszewski plays the title role. Her suitor, Adolphus Cusins, will be played by fellow student Patrick Pellow, of Grand Rapids. Mary Beth Quillin-Gregor, a graduate of GVSU's theatre program, returns to play the role of Barbara's stern mother, Lady Britomart. John C. Owens, a veteran of numerous productions in Traverse City, plays the role of Andrew Undershaft in his local acting debut. A matinee is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 28.