Synopsis
Saturn Returns
Published by Dramatists Play Service
3 Male 1 Female
Saturn Returns follows Gustin, a radiologist living in Grand Rapids Michigan at the ages of 88, 58 and 28
Gustin in inextricably bound to the women in his life ...
At 88 his nurse, Suzanne; at 58 his daughter, Zephyr; and at 28, his wife, Loretta
Gustin endures as the women come and go, live and die
By the end of the play all three ages are represented onstage, watching the former versions of themselves make decisions and mistakes that define their future
"Haidle's most prodigious gift may be his psychological sophistication. Beautifully written ... the limpid play is really a haunting, in which Haidle finds a way of dramatizing the presence of absence in all of us" ~ The New Yorker