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Sylvia rescues man whose work is getting him down Review by Robert Stone Are you ready for a dog who verbalizes her thinking? On stage for more than an hour? Sylvia opened at Kentucky Repertory Theatre May 29. In this play A. R. Gurney, probably best known for Love Letters because of the high profile actors who have performed it, explores what can happen when the routine of the everyday world of business is becoming unbearable for a middle age man. Greg (Robert F. Brock) has been promoted into unhappiness because he likes to be able to connect with what he is selling and now the company wants him to sell financial instruments that mean nothing to him. This detail makes this 1995 play sound rather like it might have been contrived for last year's financial collapse. Then one day Greg just doesn't go back to the office after lunch. He is off to the park and Sylvia (Amanda Rae Jones) shows up, wagging her tail and showing unmistakable signs that he is the new master she wants. Now Greg has something he can touch and he begins to develop a love for this dog. Greg brings Sylvia home but his wife Kate is not happy to see this new arrival. The children have left the nest and Kate has gone back to school and she is bent on satisfying her desire for a career. Unfortunately her concerns with advancement and social interactions reinforce Greg's feelings of disconnection with a real world. Greg and Kate finally agree that Sylvia can stay a few days until they decide what to do. Greg begins to treat Sylvia more and more like a person rather than as a dog. Their marriage counselor (Dirk Fitzgerald) finally tells her to divorce him. Dirk also plays Tom, a guy whom Greg meets in the park and who has always read a book on whatever the problem is and has lots of advice about how Greg should handle Sylvia. The play ends with both Greg and Kate understanding that each must give to the other and that Sylvia must become an ordinary dog, even though a special one. This production has a simple set which suggests everything needed for this story which is about what is happening in the minds of the characters. The actors presented their characters as believable, people and dog that we have known from our own experiences. These encounters in park and home will continue through June 14. For further information, call Kentucky Repertory Theatre at 1-800-342-2177. This story was posted on 2009-06-04 18:10:11
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