The Smith College Department of Theatre presents Scissoring by CQ Quintana, directed by Kelsey Rainwater. When Abigail Bauer takes a job as a teacher at a conservative Catholic school, she is forced to step back into the closet against the wishes of her long-term girlfriend. As she struggles to reconcile her professional ambitions, personal relationships, religious beliefs, and internalized shame, Abigail receives guidance from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Eleanor’s devoted friend and lover, Lorena Hickok. Tickets $5-15 at smitharts.ludus.com. Free for Smith students. There will be a Q&A with the playwright following the March 1 performance.