The production runs from February 19 to March 23, 2008, at Sidney Harman Hall, a part of the Harman Center for the Arts. McSweeny directs a cast that includes Vivienne Benesch, Helen Carey, Ted van Griethuysen, Floyd King, Andrew Long and Tom Story.

Media partner Roll Call Group provides promotional support throughout the run.

Andrew Undershaft has been estranged from his family on account of his business for the past 20 years. Daughters Barbara and Sarah are now engaged, and their mother, Lady Britomart, invites Andrew to the family's home in hopes of securing their dowries. Barbara, who serves as a Major in the Salvation Army, is especially horrified by her father's amoral attitude toward his dangerous work, but she promises to visit his arms factory so long as he visits her shelter. Watching Barbara in action, Undershaft determines that she would be a great asset to his business, but her fiancé Adolphus Cusins asserts that Barbara would never turn her back on morality for money.

When Barbara learns that the Salvation Army has accepted donations from a wealthy patron who owns a whisky distillery, she quits, disheartened that the organization would accept tainted money. Later, the Undershaft family visits Andrew's weapons plant and is surprised by both the cleanliness of the town and the happiness of the workers. Lady Britomart suggests that she and Barbara should run the town and that Cusins should inherit the business. Barbara watches in shock as her fiancé accepts this offer, but Cusins reassures her that he will bring virtue and ethics to the business. With the realization that no good thing can remain wholly untainted, Barbara resolves to marry Cusins and bring her high standards to the family business.

"Shaw's Major Barbara poses the question of whether or not money is the root of all evil or if, in fact, poverty is the greatest crime against humanity," Ethan McSweeny said. "The world's premier arms and ammunition maker is juxtaposed with the moralistic Barbara; pitting God on one side and guns on the other. Barbara's idealism collides with Undershaft's realism, each wagering their soul on their ability to convert the other. But at its core is also the story of a family that has grown apart and is finding ways to get back together again." -- www.shakespearetheatre.org