VENUS IN FUR
By David Ives
Directed by Kip Fagan
With Mark Alhadeff and Jenni Putney
WHEN: April 23 – May 18, 2013
WHERE: George Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Avenue, in the heart of New Brunswick’s Dining and Entertainment District
TICKETS: starting at $28
Box Office 732.246.7717 • www.GSPonline.org
The play focuses on Thomas, a playwright who is making his directorial debut with his newest play, Venus in Fur, an adaptation of a scandalous Victorian novella, Venus in Furs. He is at the end of a long day of fruitless auditions for the lead female role. With a crash of thunder, Vanda enters, and soon the lines blur between fantasy and reality as she auditions for the role.
Due to adult themes, this sexy and electrifying comedy hit is suitable for audiences age 17 and over.
George Street Playhouse is proud to present LITCHAT, a series of pre-show chats relating to the production onstage, its playwright and related works of literature, hosted by GSP’s Director of Education and Outreach Jim Jack. LITCHAT for Venus in Fur will take place Wednesday, April 24. Doors open at 6:45, and snacks and sandwiches are included. LITCHAT tickets may be purchased through the Box Office or online by using the code LITCHAT.
Mark Alhadeff who the was understudy for the original Broadway production, will portray Thomas, the playwright and director, and Jenni Putney, most recently seen in A Dram of Drummhicit at La Jolla Playhouse, will portray Vanda. Kip Fagan who recently directed Jesse Eisenberg’s The Revisionists Off-Broadway, will helm.
Under the leadership of Artistic Director David Saint, George Street Playhouse has become a nationally recognized theatre, presenting an acclaimed mainstage season while providing an artistic home for established and emerging theatre artists. Founded in 1974, the Playhouse has been well represented by numerous productions both on and off-Broadway – recent productions include the Outer Critics’ Circle Best Musical Award-winner The Toxic Avenger, the Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk and Drama League nominated production of The Spitfire Grill and the Broadway hit and Tony® and Pulitzer Prize winning play Proof by David Auburn, which was developed at GSP during the 1999 Next Stage Series of new plays. George Street Playhouse programming is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by its lead season sponsor Johnson & Johnson.
