Article Contributed on: 3/25/2008 8:41:07 AM
Coal Creek Community Theater
presents
Sylvia
By A.R. Gurney
Directed by Dan Schock
Starring:
Linda Button
Steve Rausch
Laura Rempert Kraeuter
Brock Williams
Performances:
April 19, 25, 26 & May 2, 3 at 7:30pm.
April 20 & 27 at 2:00pm
Louisville Center for the Arts
801 Grant St.
Tickets:
Adults: $15
Seniors (55+) and Students (18-): $12
Box Office:
303-665-0955
www.ccctheater.org
Synopsis
Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after twenty-two years of child-raising in the suburbs. Greg's career as a financial trader is winding down, while Kate's career, as a public-school English teacher, is beginning to offer her more opportunities. Greg brings home a dog he found in the park-or that has found him-bearing only the name "Sylvia" on her name tag. A street-smart mixture of Lab and Poodle, Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife. She offers Greg an escape from the frustrations of this job and the unknowns of middle age. To Kate, Sylvia becomes a rival for affection. And Sylvia thinks Kate just doesn't understand the relationship between man and dog. The marriage is put in serious jeopardy until, after a series of hilarious and touching complications, Greg and Kate learn to compromise, and Sylvia becomes a valued part of their lives.