{"id":13834,"date":"2013-01-28T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=13834"},"modified":"2013-01-26T18:26:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T00:26:42","slug":"apsu-area-of-theatre-to-present-a-r-gurneys-comedic-play-sylvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2013\/01\/28\/apsu-area-of-theatre-to-present-a-r-gurneys-comedic-play-sylvia\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU Area of Theatre to present A.R. Gurney&#8217;s comedic play &#8220;Sylvia&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-47306\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/apsu-logo-200x123.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Sylvia is a dog. A labradoodle to be exact. Sometimes on walks she speaks English, discussing philosophy and the universe with her human companion, Greg. More often, she runs excitedly around a New York City apartment, doing dog things such as chewing up books and annoying Greg\u2019s wife, Kate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dog becomes a bone of contention,\u201d Dr. Sara Gotcher, Austin Peay State University associate professor of theater, said. \u201cIt becomes a problem between the husband and the wife, and it\u2019s taken to a ludicrous extreme.\u201d<!--more-->Gotcher was referring to A.R. Gurney\u2019s popular play, \u201cSylvia,\u201d which the APSU Area of Theatre and Dance will present at 7:30pm February 13th\u201316th and at 2:00pm on February 17th in the Trahern Theatre. Tickets, which go on sale February 4th, are $5.00 for students and $10.00 for adults. The local performance will feature APSU students Nina LaRocca, Josh Webb, Christian Jasper and Anne Winters.<\/p>\n<p>The play was a bit of a sensation when it premiered in 1995 with Sarah Jessica Parker in the title role as the labradoodle. Gurney, known for his Pulitzer Prize-nominated drama \u201cLove Letters\u201d and the comedy of manners \u201cThe Dining Room,\u201d surprised audiences with the comedic absurdity of \u201cSylvia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really is like A.R. Gurney meets \u2018Saturday Night Live,\u2019\u201d Gotcher, the play\u2019s director, said. \u201cIt\u2019s such a wild and wacky play, and it all comes together in the end and resolves itself. It\u2019s really funny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The play may be funny and about a dog, but Gotcher also warns that it includes adult language and may not be suitable for young audiences.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact the APSU Area of Theatre and Dance at 931.221.6767. To purchase tickets online, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austinpeaytickets.com\" >www.austinpeaytickets.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; Sylvia is a dog. A labradoodle to be exact. Sometimes on walks she speaks English, discussing philosophy and the universe with her human companion, Greg. More often, she runs excitedly around a New York City apartment, doing dog things such as chewing up books and annoying Greg\u2019s wife, Kate. \u201cThe dog becomes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[16782,17591,23,12362,17587,262,17590,825,17589,17588,12061,17592,2507],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-3B8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13834"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13836,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13834\/revisions\/13836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}