Monologues from the dog’s point of view, from the former head writer of The Daily Show — and two seats at every performance reserved for an actual dog.
The Dog Show: Come. Sit. Stay. will play the Triad Theater, 158 West 72nd Street, from October 13. Opening night is October 18 and the run ends November 29. Tickets are $49 to $99.
The comedy is by David Javerbaum, who spent eleven years writing, head writing and executive producing The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, created the account @TheTweetOfGod, and wrote the Broadway play An Act of God, which starred Jim Parsons and later Sean Hayes. He has thirteen Emmy Awards and two Grammys.
The show is a series of monologues delivered from the dog’s point of view. Baths, car windows, police work, and the etiquette of greeting another dog are all covered. The conceit is that the thoughts humans project onto their dogs get spoken aloud, and that what comes back is recognizably human.
“I’ve always been fascinated by how dogs can be entirely themselves while still reflecting so much of who we are,” Javerbaum said. “The Dog Show explores what might happen if, even for a moment, we could hear what dogs are truly thinking — and maybe recognize something of ourselves in them and them in us.”
Richard Israel directs. His credits include Violet and A Very Brady Musical, and he was theatrical coordinator on Big Little Lies. He runs the BFA acting program at Long Island University Brooklyn.
Producing are Mark F. Kaplan and 30 Minutes From Broadway Entertainment, in association with Julius Gaudio. Casting is by Stephanie Klapper Casting and will be announced in the coming weeks. Aidan Cleary and Labhaoise Magee of Fair Play Productions are general managers.
Separately, two Pooch Seats are on sale for each performance: $129 buys a chair for the owner and an adjacent pet bed for the dog.
Performance times are listed on the Triad Theater’s shows calendar.
