OK everything about this has me intrigued.  Opera by Request are putting on a semi-staged version of John Metcalf and Larry Tremblay’s A Chair in Love.  It’s about an angsty film director who falls in love with a chair despite his dog’s best efforts to avoid disaster.  It’s on Friday July 17th @ 7:30pm at the Array Space (155 Walnut Avenue), and features William Shookhoff (music director and pianist), Abigail Freeman (Chair), Michael Robert-Broder (Truman), Gregory Finney (Dog), and Kim Sartor (Dogtor/Doctor).  Tickets are $20 and available here.  Despite Metcalf’s heritage I don’t think it’s in Welsh though the chance to see Greg bark in Welsh would be worth the price of a ticket.