Actors Theater Brings Tale of New Perspective in “Curious Savage”

The "Guests" of the Cloisters look at the newspaper. Left to right: Zach Knight, Katie Zwilling, Luann Pamatian, Lesley Liddle, Lin McNulty and Tom Gossett

The Actors Theater of Orcas Island is pleased to announce six performances of John Patrick’s award winning play “The Curious Savage” at the Grange.

This charming and funny play tells the story of Ethel Savage (played by Lesley Liddle) who has been committed to a “sanitorium” by her children (played by Ron Herman, Maura O’Neill and John Mazzarella) hoping to “bring her to her senses” so they can get their hands on the ten million dollars her husband left her.

Aided by the other residents of “The Cloisters” (played by Katie Zwilling, Lin McNulty, Luann Pamatian, Tom Gossett and Zach Knight), Mrs. Savage manages to foil her children and, as she gets to know her new friends, she realizes that she will find happiness with them and prepares to spend the rest of her life there. The cast is rounded out by Tony Lee and Maria Massey as the staff of the Sanitarium. The Curious Savage is directed by Doug Bechtel.

As we follow the delightful and truly unique characters we learn to see them as they see themselves, not as the world sees them. As this play comes to its surprising conclusion we learn that sometimes the “guests”
of The Cloisters living in their self created “egg shell world” are more sane than those on the outside 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 motivated at times only by greed and dishonesty.

The Curious Savage opens on Thursday, February 17th with a fund raiser for the Orcas Island Grange. Tickets for this fund raiser are $15 while tickets for the remaining performances are $10. Other performances are Friday and Saturday, February 18th and 19th and Friday, Saturday and Sunday February 25th through the 27th. Tickets for all performances are available at Darvills Book Store and on-line at www.orcasactors.com. All performances are at 7:30 pm. This play is suitable for all ages. For more information, call 317-5601.