Please note: All roles are open to actors of all ethnicities, gender identities, & body types.

Sylvia (lead, 20-50) – a dog played by a woman. Good comedic timing and physical comedy skills necessary. Flexibility and mobility is essential.

Greg (lead, 40-60) – highly likeable married man befuddled by the classic mid life crisis (mostly about work) who impulsively adopts and falls in love with a stray dog. Married to Kate.

Kate (lead, 40-60) – middle-aged college academic (Shakespeare scholar) with her kids finally out of the house, is excited and ready to finally be able to focus on her marriage and her own career. Married to Greg.

The following supporting roles were originally designed to be played by ONE actor.

Age ranges 25-60s for:

Tom – a man in the dog park who dispenses some common sense advice

Leslie – an androgynous (and possibly bi polar) psychiatrist who lets the clients choose his/her gender during their sessions, comic character

Phyllis – a hotshot Manhattanite, Kate’s friend from college, prone to drama and drinking

Sylvia is a modern romantic comedy about a marriage and a dog. Greg is a man of middle age, a restless empty-nester, tired of his job in finance, and looking for meaning in his life. Sylvia is an exuberant and beautiful lab/poodle mix, astray in Central Park, looking for a new home. When they meet, it is love at first sight. But his wife Kate, a busy rising star in the public school system, is looking forward to some independence now that the couple no longer has children to care for, and is less than thrilled by the clever and coquettish canine who jumps, slobbers, sits on her couch, and takes Greg’s attention away from his marriage. A.R. Gurney’s Sylvia is a smart, silly, sophisticated, and occasionally salty comedy about relationships, nature, and growing older.

This production contains strong language and may not be suitable for all audiences.