Directed Joy Bingham Strimple
Audition date: Monday, January 20th 6:00 to 9:00pm
Callbacks date: Tuesday, January 21st 6:00 to 9:00pm
Auditions to be held at: The Don Bluth Front Row Theatre
8670 E. Shea Blvd Suite 103
Scottsdale, Az 85260
Audition by appointment: please contact Lorraine Bousard at lorrbous@gmail.com to schedule your timeslot.
Rehearsals will begin January 27, (Monday through Thursday 6:30 to 9:30).
There will be a $200 stipend.
What to prepare: Please prepare a one-minute monologue. There will also be cold reads from the script.
Head shot and resume required.
The run of the show is March 12 thru April 25. The show performs Thursday, Friday, Saturday matinees and Saturday evenings. Please bring all possible rehearsal conflicts to the audition with you.
The Curious Savage is comedic play about Ethel P Savage, an elderly woman whose husband recently died and left her approximately ten million dollars. Her adult stepchildren have committed her to a sanatorium. The Cloisters with the intent of challenging the will. Contrasting the kindness and loyalty of psychiatric patients with the avarice and vanity of 'respectable' public figures, it calls into question conventional definitions of sanity while lampooning celebrity culture.
THE CAST
THE RESIDENTS
Florence (20s - 40s) the elegant 'mother' of The Cloisters, she believes she has a five year old son named John Thomas, in fact it's a doll
Fairy May (20s) She is a compulsive liar who is obsessed with havingothers love her, she believes herself to be beautiful, childlike-speaking and behaving like a six-year old.
Jeffrey - (20s -30s) A military war pilot who suffered a crash and believes his face is horribly scarred.
Hannibal -(30-60s) A statistician who was fired now plays the violin and comments on the action in a sarcastic manner.
Mrs. Paddy - (40s -60s) A recluse who never speaks except to list the things she hates. She hates electricity and constantly turns off the lights.
THE FAMILY
Titus Savage - (50s-60s) A senior senator with a bad temper, humorless and direct.Oldest child
Lily Belle Savage -(50s) A celebrity heiress, she is arrogant, chic and self assured and very selfish, Middle child.
Samuel Savage -(50s) a court judge whose decisions are constantly overturned. in the shadow of his siblings. Youngest child
Mrs. Ethel P Savage (60s-70s) Witty, kindhearted, has a shifted viewpoint of humanity. She is determined to 'give away' her new fortune to the less fortunate and had hidden the funds from her children.
THE STAFF
Dr Emmett - staff doctor, warm, kindhearted, hard working
Miss "Willie" the admin asst who is married to Jeff but pretends not to be as he doesn’t recognize her. Warm and understanding to the residents.
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