A Dog’s Life -

George Mercer has problem. Unless he can pay the rent by 5 pm, his landlord will lock the doors and throw his small, but dedicated, troupe of actors out of their theatre. Enter a celebrated business tycoon who offers to save the day, but there is a catch . . . there's always a catch . . . A Dog's Life is a romp, a two act farce with incidental music that uses physical theater, melodrama, improvisation, Method, and Shakespeare, and includes a parody of the story of Puccini's Tosca, featuring a trampoline. It's about human corruptibility, and the constant friction between commerce and art - a classic enduring story of rent vs. artistic principles. From Backstage West: "Playwright Diane Grant has come up with a clever concept for her backstage comedy, the farcical aspects of creating a play-within-a-play -- also called A Dog's Life -- juxtaposed with the fictional ensemble's struggle to pay the rent."see less