ABOUT OUR PRODUCTION

 

Directed by:  Pia Rader

Produced by: Mary Beth Davis

 

Show Dates: June 13-29 

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ABOUT THE STORY

 

Mrs. Savage has been left ten million dollars by her late husband and wants to make the best use of it, in spite of her grown-up stepchildren’s efforts to use it for themselves. The stepchildren commit Mrs. Savage to The Cloisters, a sanatorium, hoping to “bring her to her senses.” At The Cloisters Mrs. Savage meets various social misfits, people who need the help Mrs. Savage can provide. 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 Savage Family:

• Ethel P. Savage (F 60 – 70) Capricious, alert, assured, student of others

• Titus (M 40 – 50) Senator, well-dressed, humorless, direct

• Samuel (M 40 – 50) Judge, undistinguished, defers to Titus

• Lily Belle (F 30 – 40) Vain, spiteful, selfish

 

The Cloisters Guests:

• Florence (F 30 – 50) Delusional; young son is deceased; pleaser

• Hannibal (M 40 – 70) Statistician, thinks he is a classical violinist

• Fairy May (F 20 – 40) Sweet; dull appearance, Love-starved, fragile

• Jeffrey (M 30 – 50) Fighter pilot, imaginary facial scar from war

• Mrs. Paddy (F 40 – 70) Has given up speaking and electricity

 

The Cloisters Staff:

• Miss Willie (F 30 – 50) Efficient, caring nurse, hiding a secret

• Dr. Emmett (M 40 – 70)  Assuring to Savages, protective of his patients.​

Questions?  Email The Lamplight Theater Company at LamplightTheater@outlook.com