Venus in Fur at South Coast Rep this October

Jaimi Paige & Graham Hamilton in South Coast Repertory's 2014 production of Venus in Fur by David Ives.
Photo by Ben Horak/SCR.

Auditions are over for the day, and Thomas still hasn’t found the perfect actress for his adaptation of a 19th century erotic novel when  Vanda stumbles into the bare rehearsal studio, soaking wet and hours late.  Before he can stop her, Vanda strips down to saucy lingerie, wiggles into a white period dress, and mysteriously—hilariously—becomes the elusive leading lady.  From there, a battle for sexual dominance follows—not just in Thomas’ script, but between director and actress.

Jaimi Paige & Graham Hamilton in South Coast Repertory's 2014 production of Venus in Fur by David Ives.
Photo by Ben Horak/SCR.

David Ives’ tantalizing two-character play is a riff on Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s book, Venus in Furs. While the novel is set in 1870s Vienna, Ives has dramatized and contemporized the setting, moving it to a bare theatre studio in New York City. 

Opening Night is October 10th and the show runs through October 26th. Tickets can be purchased at www.scr.org.