Press release: Quotidian Creative
For immediate release
May 17, 2010

It’s the classic love triangle – husband+wife+dog

American playwright A.R. Gurney’s delightful and unique romantic comedy tells the story of Greg and Kate, an upwardly mobile New York couple who have moved to Manhattan after years of child-raising in the suburbs.

Greg is disillusioned with his career in finance, while Kate's teaching career is beginning to take her places. After wagging work one day, Greg brings home a dog he found in the park— wearing a name tag engraved with "Sylvia".

A Brooklyn bred Lab/Poodle cross, streetwise Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife. She offers Greg an escape from the frustrations of his job in the midst of his mid-life crisis. To Kate, Sylvia becomes a love rival. And Sylvia thinks Kate is ‘prejudiced against dogs’.

The marriage is headed for the rocks until, after a series of poignant and funny complications, Greg and Kate realise that Sylvia has helped them adjust to the empty-nest phase of their marriage.

In the play’s 1995 off-Broadway debut, Sylvia played to full houses and elicited rave reviews with the role of the dog Sylvia originally played by Sarah Jessica Parker.

In The PumpHouse season production, young New Yorker turned Aucklander Amanda Prasow takes on the physically demanding role of Sylvia. With Denise Snoad and John Clarke playing Kate and Greg.

If a dog has ever stolen your heart or your couch this cleverly written comedy is a must see!

Thurs 3 June @ 7.30pm(opening night)
All other evening shows 7.30pm except Tuesday 8 June which is @ 6.30pm
Sunday 6 June @ 4pm (afternoon matinee)
No show Monday.

Adults $25
Senior/Student $23
Groups 5+ $21
Bookings: www.pumphouse.co.nz or phone: (09) 486 2386

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