Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Horror Picture Show

The 2017 Smoker was led by czars Dave Sanford, Anthony Sawyer, Maria Nellessen, and Korie Zink.

Enter, if you dare, into a world without empathy. A place where attendings and medical students continually treat patients with callous; a place where VIP treatment means no one laughs at the patient during the physical exam; a place where UMHS Michigan Medicine is nearly unrecognizable. This is the world that our heroes stumble into after their car breaks down on a very special, very dark and very stormy night. For this is the night that one crazed transplant surgeon scientist is set to unveil his plan to restore empathy at Michigan. Based on the cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, our show portrays the ongoing debate of whether empathy can be taught, the pitfalls of practicing medicine without empathy, and the riotous outcomes when empathy runs rampant. Will our heroes fix their flat tire? Will science win the hearts and minds of clinical medicine? Will intermission ever get here? We can confidently answer all of those questions with, absolutely maybe! Nonetheless, we guarantee live music, singing, dancing, and scantily clad actors, audience participation, and props.