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NEW YORK - Is there anything more contentious than family?

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In this Feb. 19, 2008, file photo, Maura Tierney arrives at the premiere of "Semi-Pro" in Los Angeles. Tierney will star in Nicky Silver's "Three Changes," opening Sept. 16 at off-Broadway's Playwrights Horizons.

The question apparently is put to the test in "Three Changes," Nicky Silver's dark new off-Broadway comedy about the ties that bind, sometimes a bit too tightly.

The world premiere is the first offering of the season for Playwrights Horizons. It opens Sept. 16 on its main stage and preview performances begin Aug. 22.

The play concerns a comfortably married New York couple, played by Dylan McDermott and Maura Tierney, whose lives are disrupted by a wayward relative (Scott Cohen). Also in the cast are Aya Cash and Brian J. Smith. The director is Wilson Milam.

McDermott and Tierney are television favourites - he starring on "The Practice," she appearing in "ER."

Silver's other plays include "Fit to Be Tied," "Pterodactyls," "The Food Chain" and "Raised in Captivity."