Auditions

March 21 – April 6 (Please note the Last Saturday April there will be a 3pm and 8pm Performance.)

Performance Times are:
Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Sundays at 3:00 pm

Call time is one hour prior to curtain

When Ethel Savage‘s late husband leaves her a small fortune, she decides to make the best of it, establishing a fund to support various dreamers with whimsical aspirations. But her three greedy stepchildren – a socialite, a senator and a judge – commit her to a mental institution, hoping to “bring her to her senses.” In the sanitarium, a warm and inviting home known as “The Cloisers,” Ethel befriends the other “guests,” a colorful crew of kind, generous and delusional souls. In time, Ethel finds happiness with them and plans to spend the rest of her life among them.

Meanwhile, the stepchildren, discovering that Ethel has hidden the family fortune, attempt to browbeat her into confessing where the money has been stashed. Unruffled, Ethel maintains her dignity and leads them on a wild goose chase. In the end, Ethel and her friends successfully thwart the stepchildren, and Ethel is declared sane; she is free to live her life as she chooses. As she goes to leave The Cloisters, Ethel looks back at her band of misfit friends, seeing them as they see themselves, in a gauzy tableau of contentment and delusion.

With warmth, humor and dignity, The Curious Savage celebrates those who are often overlooked, emphasizing kindness, affection and empathy in a world that too often rewards greed and ambition.

• Rehearsals will begin Feb 6th. Rehearsals will be Saturdays 1pm-5pm, Sundays 6pm-9pm, Mondays 7pm-10pm, Thursdays 7pm-10pm. We will be adding Wednesday rehearsal 7pm-10pm in March.
• Mandatory Tech Week – Sunday, March 16th – Thursday, March 20th.
• Please list all conflicts throughout the rehearsal process.

CONFLICTS: “Not at this time” is not an answer. We will only consider 2 conflicts for the run of the rehearsal process. Any more is at the discretion of the director. No conflicts are allowed for the mandatory tech week or performances. If you are auditioning for another show, please let us know.

CASTING: 

The Cloisters

• Florence Williams: (20s-40s) The elegant “mother” of The Cloisters, she believes she has a five-year-old son named John Thomas; in fact, John Thomas is a doll. During Mrs. Savage’s stay at The Cloisters, Florence believes that John Thomas has the measles.
• Fairy May: (early 20s) Fairy is a compulsive liar who is obsessed with having others love her. She is unkempt throughout the play, but believes herself to be stunningly beautiful. She is also very childlike, behaving and speaking in the tone of a six year old.
• Jeffrey: (20s-30s) Once a military pilot, Jeff was shot down in the war, surviving a crash that killed all his men. He now believes that he has a scar on his face, which he constantly hides from others. He plays the piano, but is too shy to do so around other people. He is also married to Miss Willie, but does not remember that he is. Miss Willie works at the Cloisters in the hopes that one day Jeffrey will remember her.
• Hannibal: (20s-40s) Hannibal, once a statistician, was fired and replaced by an electronic calculator. He has then taken up the violin, which he wrongly believes he can play beautifully.
• Mrs. Paddy: (40s-50s) Mrs. Paddy paints with the quality of Hannibal’s violin playing. She paints only seascapes, which strikes Hannibal as “odd, because she’s never seen the ocean.” The other patients say that Mrs. Paddy stopped talking when her husband told her to “shut up” one day, and she hasn’t spoken since. She only speaks to announce what she hates. She hates “everything in the world.” She has given up electricity for Lent and turns off all the lights multiple times throughout the play, causing mayhem.

The Savages

• Titus (18+): Sent so many threatening letters that he is listed by Western Union as a “tangible asset,” Titus is the least popular senator in congress. He is sober, humorless, and direct.
• Lily Belle (18+): Lily Belle was once married to a Slovak prince, and has remarried five times since then. A celebrity heiress, she is arrogant, chic, and self-assured.
• Samuel (18+) : Samuel has the distinction of being the judge with the most overturned decisions in the U.S. He walks in the shadows of his siblings, offering a short comment every once in a while, only to be shot down by his siblings.
• Mrs. Ethel P. Savage (40s-80s): Ethel is a crafty but kindhearted woman with a shifted viewpoint of humanity. The events of the play are centered around her and her decision to hide the money which she has inherited from her late husband in an attempt to make her children look on others with more kindness. She dislikes her stepchildren, but learns to love the residents of The Cloisters.

The Staff

• Dr. Emmett (any): The staff doctor for this wing of The Cloisters, Dr. Emmett is kind, warmhearted, and he works hard to help his patients.
• Miss “Willie” Wilhelmina (20s-30s): Miss Willie is an administrative assistant and nurse. She is married to Jeff, but pretends not to be because he doesn’t remember her. He is the reason she is working here, but she is nonetheless extremely kind and understanding towards all the residents of The Cloisters. Though exceedingly kind to Jeff.

For auditions please prepare the following:

• Bring a current head shot and resume
• Be prepared for cold readings from the script
• Schedule an appointment
• Fill out an audition form that will be provided at the door

Auditions will take place at OSA – 3041 North Decatur Road, Scottdale, GA 30079.