The Right Thing to Do Workshop

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The Right Thing to Do

by Patricia Mew

directed by Al D'Andrea

July, 2023 

at
Mad Horse Theater, So. Portland

In 1960, on the heels of the Red Scare initiated by Senator Joseph McCarthy, renowned Massachusetts women's college Smith became the focus of a nationwide hunt for certain 'undesirables.'  The scandal that followed the discovery of damning erotic material enveloped three professors, and the college where they taught, in a story of betrayal, moral ambiguity, and professional disgrace that rocked the academic world and forced the accused to grapple with what, exactly, is the right thing to do

Ned shares the latest beefcake mag with Joel Dorius
Woman shares "The Scarlet Professor," the story of 3 ill-fated Smith professors
While in the car, Joel and his friends hear troubling news
Woman seeks comfort from her father
Sgt Regan interrogates Prof Arvin
Arvin and Ned languish in jail and consider suicide
Defense attorney cross examines Sgt Regan
Woman apologizes to Joel at the 2003 Smith College symposium
Playwright Pat Mew and the Cast of "The Right Thing to Do"