AN EVENING OF THEATER AND PETS: Award-winning local playwright Noemi de la Puente teams up with SAVE – A Friend to Homeless Animals, for an imaginative fundraising event to support both Dramatic Question Theatre (DQT) in New York City and SAVE — A Friend to Homeless Animals in Skillman. The event will take place on Thursday, June 29 at SAVE, located at 1010 Route 601 in Skillman. Doors open for The Pet Play reading at 6 p.m. Tickets are $20 online and $25 at the door. To purchase, visit www.artful.ly/dramatic-question-theatre-dqt.

Award-winning local playwright Noemi de la Puente teams up with SAVE — A Friend to Homeless Animals, for an imaginative fundraising event to support both Dramatic Question Theatre (DQT) in New York City, and SAVE – A Friend to Homeless Animals in Skillman, N.J. on Thursday, June 29 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The event will be held at SAVE, located at 1010 Route 601 in Skillman. A tour of the facility will precede the event at 5:30 p.m. 

Ms. de la Puente will present a reading of scenes from her latest work The Pet Play, a comedy that explores the relationship between pet owners, their pets, and each other. The Pet Play is being developed by DQT, a playwright-driven theatre company. Ms. de la Puente approached SAVE because of the subject matter of the play: pets and pet owners. “I’m thrilled with SAVE’s work in the community. I’m grateful they have embraced this unusual partnership. It’s not the usual combination — theater companies and animal shelters. Two of the characters in the play are the dog and the cat that belong to the leading couple. So it’s a perfect fit to have a reading here, and raise money for both organizations,” says Ms. de la Puente.

SAVE’s Volunteer Coordinator Anna Finch states, “We’ve never done this before, but we are excited that Ms. de la Puente thought of SAVE. It’s a unique opportunity to get people here to see our beautiful new facility, take a tour, hear a play reading, and possibly take the first step towards adopting a pet.”

Funds that are raised will support the SAVE animal shelter and DQT’s production of The Pet Play in New York City, slated for February 2018. SAVE and DQT are both nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations.

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