Dog Mom – Southwark Playhouse Borough
Newly-divorced Sarita has been forced to downsize from a house in New Jersey to a tiny New York apartment. She's feeling vulnerable, unsure about her future and overwhelmed with the effort of the move. She just wants to be left alone to get on with her life, neatly ordered by lists. The last thing she wants at that moment is for a stray dog to turn up and refuse to leave. Sarita is definitely not a dog mom. She doesn't want to get involved in dog walking, poop bags, vet visits and the whole messy drama that a playful dog entails.
When the dog shelter makes it clear that, as an older dog, it's unlikely that Foster would be rehomed as everyone wants puppies, meaning that Sarita's new friend would be euthanised. So the dog stays, and they become soulmates, to the extent that Sarita and the...