Musical Comedy / Characters: 2m, 2f As introduced on NBC's "Today Show", The Kids Left. The Dog Died. Now What? is a musical comedy that salutes those valiantly struggling with divorce on their hands, gravity on their bodies, grandchildren on their self-images and the dating scene on their egos. The risks and uncertainties of being alive come alive through song and scene. Aging gracefully is the final frontier! This entertaining musical about those facing a host of midlife crisis first premiered at the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2007. Boasting a four-person cast, the show takes a humorous and heartfelt look at the day-to-day concerns of the over-fifty "empty-nester" crowd including everything from retirement and AARP, dating to divorce, plastic surgery and grandparenting. "Sometimes it is fun to just go to a theater and be entertained without having to worry whether you got the deeper meaning or the highly symbolic intentions of the author. Carole Caplan-Lonner's production entitled The Kids Left. The Dog Died. Now What? is just plain fun. Its target audience is clear and those of us who are empty nesters know exactly what she is talking about...Kids takes a look at several humorous topics that confront the"baby boomer" generation. The song "Who Says Progress is Good" sets the tone for this fun look at growing old. It is a clever perspective of the hazards of modern technology for those of us who struggle to program our VCR or understand all the complexities of our cell phone." -Stage Door Magazine, Philadelphia