The Lewes Public Library Spoken Word Society presents Suzanne Savoy and Jack Herholdt in a live reading of The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote, published in McCall’s Magazine in 1967. Savoy and Herholdt first performed this piece online for the library in 2020 and are back to kick off the holiday season with this perennial favorite.

Capote’s The Thanksgiving Visitor is an autobiographical tale that follows nine-year-old Buddy as he is bullied by classmate Odd Henderson. Buddy’s aged aunt and best friend, Sook, hatches a plan to help him. The results, played out during the extended family’s Thanksgiving dinner in 1930’s Alabama, are disastrous… or are they? 

Suzanne and Jack, both native Delawareans, have made their careers on stage and screen in New York City and LA. Suzanne has played recurring roles on House of Cards, For Life, The Knick, Full Circle, and Better Call Saul, to name a few. Her solo show, Je Christine, tours nationally; her newest solo piece The Book of Poissy premiered as part of Lewes Public Library’s SummerScape 2025 series. Jack performs on many NYC and regional stages and in national touring shows. He appeared in the award-winning video series Celebrity Ghost Stories and in the TV series Lioness. His cabaret show, Falling in Love and Other Ridiculous Ideas, played repeat performances at NYC’s Don’t Tell Mamma and The Duplex. He now flies in yearly from Las Vegas to reprise his role as Buddy, to the delight of the library audiences. 

Each individual attending must register. 

The Lewes Spoken Word Society (LSWS) celebrates the tradition and artistry of oral storytelling through lectures, performances, discussions, demonstrations, and other publicly-shared experiences. The LSWS is partially funded by the generous support of the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on DelawareScene.com.