Spotlight Theatre Company and Firehouse Theatre Company Open SYLVIA, 5/25

Spotlight Theatre Company and Firehouse Theatre Company join forces to co-present "Sylvia" opening May 25 and running through June 29, 2013. Performances are Friday/Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 Adult/ $18 for Students/Seniors. Group rates are available. Performances are held at the John Hand Theatre, 7653 E. 1st Place, Denver.

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 mutt, 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, and a series of hilarious and touching complications leads us to the conclusion... Rated "PG"

The cast for "Sylvia" consists of Sara Metz (Sylvia), Andy Anderson (Greg), Molly Killoran (Kate) and Emma Messenger (Tom/Phyllis/Leslie).

A.R. Gurney was born in Buffalo, New York. A graduate of St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire), Gurney attendEd Williams College and The Yale School of Drama, after which he began teaching Humanities at MIT. He began writing plays such as Scenes from American Life, Childrenand The Middle Ages, while at MIT, but it was his great success with The Dining Room that allowed him to write full-time. Since The Dining Room, Gurney has written a number of plays, most of them concerning WASPs of the American northeast. While at Yale, Gurney also wrote the musical:Love in Buffalo. This was the first musical ever produced at the Yale School of Drama.

Gurney has also appeared in several of his plays including The Dining Room and most notably Love Letters. In 2006, Gurney was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2007, he received the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award as a master American dramatist. Additionally, Gurney has written several novels, including: The Snow Ball, The Gospel According to Joe andEntertaining Strangers.