The Curious Savage by Shine Theater - Show Details

What To Know About This Production

Mrs. Savage has been left ten million dollars by her husband and wants to make the best use of it, in spite of her grown-up stepchildren’s efforts to get their hands on it. Knowing that the widow’s wealth is now in negotiable securities, and seeing they cannot get hold of the fortune, the stepchildren commit her to a sanatorium hoping to “bring her to her senses.” In the sanatorium Mrs. Savage meets various social misfits, men and women who just cannot adjust themselves to life, people who need the help Mrs. Savage can provide. In getting to know them, she realizes that she will find happiness with them and plans to spend the rest of her life as one of them. But when the doctor tells her there is no reason why she should remain, she hesitates to go out into a hard world where people seem ready to do anything for money. The self-seeking stepchildren are driven to distraction by their vain efforts to browbeat Mrs. Savage, but she preserves her equanimity and leads them on a merry chase. At last her friends conspire to get rid of her stepchildren, and through their simple belief in the justice of her cause, they enable Mrs. Savage to carry out her plans to establish a fund to help others realize their hopes and dreams. The dominant mood is high comedy, and the audience is left with a feeling that the neglected virtues of kindness and affection have not been entirely lost in a world that seems at times motivated only by greed and dishonesty.

Performance Dates

Feb 14 Friday 7:30 PM
Feb 15 Saturday 2:00 PM
Feb 15 Saturday 7:30 PM
Feb 16 Sunday 2:00 PM
Feb 21 Friday 7:30 PM
Feb 22 Saturday 2:00 PM
Feb 22 Saturday 7:30 PM
Feb 23 Sunday 2:00 PM

Auditions For The Curious Savage

What To Expect At Auditions

Auditionees should come prepared to read a selection from the show. Be prepared to read for multiple characters and with fellow auditionees. Should call backs be necessary, you will be informed of the details. All auditionees will receive a call regardless of whether you are cast for this show or not.

Audition Form

Cast List For The Curious Savage

Available Roles

Mrs Ethel Savage - (Lead role) An eccentric, wealthy widow; she wears outlandish clothes, sports royal blue hair, and carries a tattered teddy bear with her everywhere she goes. Although she is feisty and somewhat insurrectionary, she always remains poised and well mannered. Quick-witted, funny and highly intelligent, Ethel always sides with the underdog, scorning bullies, braggarts and opportunists. A delightfully spry and aware woman of indeterminate age. While her figure betrays her years, her eyes are sparkling and youthful. She wears a constant half-smile that gives the impression of amusement even in anger.
Lily Belle - Late thirties. Four-times-married socialite. Grasping and vain. Dominant of her brothers, she is the family ringleader. Lily is tall, slender, chic and assured. The only situation to which she is unequal is her fortieth birthday.
Titus - Forties. US Senator. Intelligent but snobbish, fastidious and proud. Titus looks like a well-dressed business man of conservative tastes. He is sober, humorless and direct.
Samuel - Forties. Inept circuit court judge. Boorish and slow-witted. Samuel is short, undistinguished and somewhat lost in the penumbra of his brother’s cold authority and his sister’s brittle self-assurance.
Florence - Thirties. Ever the lady, Florence is elegant, poised and seriously delusional. She carries a life-sized doll and regards him as her son, John Thomas. Florence believes wholeheartedly in proper etiquette and social graces. A soft, sweet-faced woman, she is gentle and eager to please. A sweet and tremulous smile is her best and most disarming weapon.
Hannibal - Pushing forty. A retired mathematician, Hannibal is a whiz with numbers and a font of information. He has recently taken up the violin. Chubby and balding slightly. Pink, plump and cherubic.
Fairy May - Early twenties or late teens. Though somewhat plain and awkward physically, Fairy possesses a vivid imagination and is prone to wild tales of reckless imagination. She is creative, wide-eyed and highly dramatic (a mythomane). Rather plain, scrubbed and gawky. Her dark hair emphasizes the pallor of her skin, a contradiction to her gay and sanguine nature. Hers is a classic beauty vitiated by the severe arrangement of her hair, an unimaginative dress and steel-rimmed glasses.
Jeffrey - Late twenties. A handsome and dignified young veteran, Jeffrey suffers from severe PTSD, resulting in memory loss and the mistaken belief that he has been physically scarred. Despite these challenges, he is generally affable, eager to learn, and kind. He is also an accomplished pianist.
Mrs Paddy - In her fifties. Bellicose and (mostly) non-verbal, Mrs. Paddy is a curmudgeon who only speaks when she’s complaining. She spends most of her time silently finger-painting at her easel. A dumpy, ferocious little hen in a paint-smeared smock, she is a woman of awesome ferocity. Her close-cropped hair bristles from her head with aggressive hostility.
Miss Wilhelmina - Mid-twenties. Nurse at the Cloisters. An efficient and attractive young woman, Willia is kind, patient and clever. Very professional, but with a slight air of mischief underneath.
Dr Emmett - Sixties. Even-tempered and wise director of the Harbor. A compassionate, outgoing man.

Cast List

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The Curious Savage by Shine Theater in Ocean Springs, Mississippi