Jennifer Christa Palmer

p h o t o   b i o g r a p h y

M a j o r   B a r b a r a   b y   G e o r g e   B e r n a r d   S h a w

M a d   C o w   T h e a t r e

2 4   J u l y   -   2 4   A u g u s t   2 0 0 8

George Bernard Shaw's masterpiece on the themes of War and God pits a millionaire armaments maker against his Salvation Army daughter in a battle of wits and ideologies that is both wildly funny and frighteningly current.

Cast includes Ron Schneider as Undershaft, Michael Marinaccio as Adolphus Cusins, and Stephen Lima as Bill Walker.

(top) Barbara and Undershaft meet and accept each other's challenge, Act I.

(right) Major Barbara reaches out to Bill Walker, Act II.

(below, left) Barbara and Cusins, triumphant. End of Act III.

Archival photos by Tom Hurst

Set Design by Cindy White

Lighting Design by Erin Miner

Costumes by Denise Warner

Review highlights

"Jennifer Christa Palmer, so vivid in Mad Cow's The Rainmaker, brings the same intensity to Barbara, whose eyes blaze with conviction."

- Elizabeth Maupin, Orlando Sentinel

"Palmer's Barbara stands tall and remains in control whether dealing with the physical comedy of Act Two or the philosophical contortions of Act Three."

- Ink 19: Archikulture Digest

(right) Lady Britomart (Robin Olson) breaks the news of Undershaft's arrival, Act I.

(left to right) Jennifer Christa Palmer as Barbara Undershaft, Michael Marinaccio as Adolphus Cusins, Jamie Cline as Charles Lomax,  Sarah Jane Fridlich as Sarah Undershaft.  and David Knoell as Stephen Undershaft.