Ilion Little Theatre’s The Savage Dilemma Opens Friday

John Patrick’s sequel to The Curious Savage June 21-23 and June 28-30

A limited number of tickets are available at the door on a first come basis even if online tickets are sold out.

The Ilion Little Theatre Celebrates its Centennial!

Celebrating its centennial season, the Ilion Little Theatre has entertained the Mohawk Valley since founded in 1924 in the attic of one of its founders. “In 1927, the group purchased the former carriage house and stables of the Philo Remington estate and became incorporated in 1930 and in 1968, the club’s performances were opened to the public through the sale of subscriptions.”

The Savage Dilemma

Friday’s much anticipated debut production of The Savage Dilemma features John Patrick’s sequel to The Curious Savage. Depressed and world-weary after extensive travels, the reputedly wealthy Mrs. Ethel Savage returns to the sheltered precincts of a private country club-like “sanatorium” called The Cloisters, seeking refuge among her former fellow patients.

The Cloisters is on the verge of closing due to lack of funds, and as Mrs. Savage’s fortune is now in the control of her greedy stepchildren, she is powerless to help. Until, that is, a young, grungy couple storm in bent on robbery – and Mrs. Savage persuades them to “kidnap” her, with her share of the ransom going to the sanitarium.

From then on the plot twists and turns delightfully, as one hilarious event follows another, leading in the end to a heartwarming lesson in the essential goodness that lurks somewhere even in the worst (and sanest) of us.

Ilion Little Theatre “The Stables” is located at 13 Remington Ave., Ilion 13357. There will be a limited number of tickets are available at the door on a first-come, first-serve basis even if online tickets are sold out.