John Ottavino plays Greg in ‘Sylvia’
A.R. Gurney’s Sylvia returns to the historic Arcade Theatre on October 24 in a production that The Wall Street Journal called “clever and cute in all the right ways” when the show debuted in 2011.
Sylvia follows empty nesters, Greg and Kate, who find themselves at a crossroads – his career is winding down and hers is ramping up. Now living in a Manhattan apartment, Kate thinks the dog phase of her life is over, but when Greg brings a street-smart labradoodle named Sylvia into their home, all bets are off. Love and laughter are unleashed as Sylvia quickly becomes a bone of contention, testing their marriage to hilarious and touching effect.
In the role of Greg is John Ottavino.
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ohn has done 68 professional productions in 37 states and seven countries: A Doll’s House on Broadway, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf in Lithuania & Leningrad and Hawk Moon in Vienna & Prague both directed by Edward Albee. Off-Broadway: Checkers – The Vineyard, Dandy Dick – Roundabout, Blackbird – MTC and The Poor Itch – The Public. Regionally: Circle, Mirror, T
ransformation – St. Louis (Kevin Kline Award), Seascape – Coconut Grove Playhouse (Carbonelle Award Nomination), Blackbird (Cincinnati Award). Television: Recurring roles on NYPD Blue, FEDS. His wife Eve teaches fourth grade in Brooklyn and his son Adam is the closer for the Colorado Rockies.
October 13, 2017.
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.