Sat, Sep 06
|Dryden Theatre
Sylvia-Sat
by A.R. Gurney. A modern romantic comedy about a marriage and a dog. *** contains adult language and content These are script-in-hand performances. Produced in Partnership with CLC PAC
Time & Location
Sep 06, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Dryden Theatre, Brainerd, MN 56401, USA
About the event
Sylvia
by A.R. Gurney
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 his 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…