Sylvia

PERFORMANCES
MAY 3, 10, 17 and 24 2025 (Matinee and Evening Shows)
Richmond School or Arts
Corner March and West Market Streets, Richmond NSW

Matinee Shows: Doors open at 1.30pm and the show starts at 2pm. Coffee and tea will be available during the intermission.

Evening Shows: Doors open at 7.00pm and the show starts at 7.30pm. Coffee and tea will be available during the intermission.

TICKETS

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Photos: Penny Johnson

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About The Show

​Meet Greg - middle-aged man, a restless empty-nester, tired of his job in finance, looking for meaning in his life.

Meet Sylvia - an exuberant and beautiful lab/poodle mix, a stray from the dog park, looking for a new home.

Meet Kate - a busy rising star in the public school system, who is looking forward to some independence now that the couple no longer has children to care for.

Wandering the streets of Sydney with Sylvia by his side, Greg feels like he has connected to a deeper, primal, more natural side of the world. Sylvia is more interested in the neighbourhood cats or flirting with Bowser at the dog park.

Sylvia exerts such a charismatic pull that Kate’s friends are appalled, the marriage counsellor advocates divorce and euthanasia, and even Greg’s new dog-owner friend warns him of the splintering effect a dog can have on the relationship between husband and wife.
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A.R. Gurney’s Sylvia is a smart, silly, sophisticated comedy about relationships, nature, and growing older.
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A modern romantic comedy about a marriage and a dog
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CAST
​SYLVIA | Brittany Tanti
GREG | Raymond Padora
​KATE | Sharon Webb
​TOM, PHYLLIS, LESLIE | Kelly Cairns

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CREW​
DIRECTOR |
Benjamin Webb
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR |
Jony Teperski
PRODUCTION MANAGER |
Jony Teperski
STAGE MANAGER |
Steven Wimmer
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER |
Toby Walker
COSTUMES DESIGNER |
Taleece Paki
​SET DESIGN |
Steven Wimmer
 LIGHTING DESIGN |
Katja (Kat) Maxx
SOUND DESIGN |
Daniel Ballen
LIGHTING & SOUND OPERATORS |
Caitlin & Katja Maxx
​RICHMOND PLAYERS' LIAISON |
Carol Wimmer
ARTWORK |
Natwest Creative Designs
PUBLICITY |
Sam Noel and Katrina ​Ann Pritchard
PHOTOGRAPHY |
Penny Johnson and Jony Teperski
FRONT OF HOUSE COORDINATOR |
Rhonda Jones

“Dramatic literature is stuffed with memorable love scenes, but none is as immediately delicious and dizzy as the one that begins the redeeming affair in A.R. Gurney’s new comedy, SYLVIA…” —The New York Times.

“I can only call it one of the most involving, beautiful, funny, touching and profound plays I have ever seen…” —New York Daily News.

​“Gurney’s mad comedy is the most endearing good time to trot down the pike in many a moon. Howlingly funny…” —BackStage.

SYLVIA is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)