Savages
by Anne Nelson

"Anne Nelson's historical drama has a lacerating beauty. Set in Manila in 1902, during the raging Philippine–American War, it manages to compress a continuous cycle of conquest and retribution into one night of charged encounters between a naïve young soldier, whose job it is to guard an ailing military officer on trial, and the Filipina nurse who is there to ease the accused man's suffering before his trial resumes again in the morning. Major Waller is like a figure out of Conrad—bloodshot and ravaged, accused of enigmatic crimes, half-mad with memory. Nelson, a former war correspondent, brings eloquence to this wartime drama.“ —The New Yorker.   ”SAVAGES is a must-see…It tells our story, and our history.“ —Filipino Express.   ”Playwright Anne Nelson knows how to put her finger on the pulse of the times…The events bear a more than uncanny resemblance to America's involvement in Vietnam and the current war in Iraq. The script is riveting…The authenticity in terms of the atmosphere and"

— Backstage