Classic Stage Company (Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen) announced today that their critically-acclaimed production of VENUS IN FUR, a new play by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie, featuring Nina Arianda and Wes Bentley, will extend its limited engagement by two additionAl Weeks through Sunday, March 7 at CSC.
VENUS IN FUR, inspired by the infamous erotic novel of the same name, takes us behind the scenes of an audition, where a man and a woman blur the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power, love and sex. A crackling exploration of sexual control and desire, the play is captive to David Ives' famous combination of classic rigor and contemporary wit.
Sets for VENUS IN FUR are by Tony Award winner John Lee Beatty, costumes by Anita Yavitch, lighting by Tony Award winner Peter Kaczorowski and sound by Acme Sound Partners.
VENUS IN FUR will perform Tuesday through Friday at 8 pm; Saturday at 2 pm and 8 pm; and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets are $60 Tuesday through Thursday and $65 Friday through Sunday. For tickets and information, visit
www.classicstage.org or call (866) 811-4111, or (212) 352-3101, or visit the CSC box office at 136 East 13th Street, Monday through Friday 12 pm to 6 pm.
Entering its 42nd year as one of New York's most exciting theatres,
Classic Stage Company is the award-winning Off-Broadway theatre committed to re-imagining the classical repertory for a contemporary American audience. Led by Artistic Director
Brian Kulick and Executive Director
Jessica R. Jenen, last season the company presented three sold-out acclaimed productions: Shakespeare's The Tempest, starring
Mandy Patinkin; Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, starring
Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Denis O'Hare and
Peter Sarsgaard; and Anne Carson's An Oresteia. Recent productions: critically acclaimed sold-out runs of
Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, starring
Dianne Wiest and
Alan Cumming; the world premiere of
David Ives' New Jerusalem, directed by
Walter Bobbie; Richard III starring
Michael Cumpsty; and
Zoe Caldwell in
Yasmina Reza's A Spanish Play, directed by
John Turturro.
CSC presents plays from the past that speak directly to the issues of today. As we return to works of the past, we endeavor to keep a clear eye on the future, particularly in terms of the next generation of artists and audiences. Classic Stage's artists are the finest established and emerging theater practitioners working in this country. Highly respected and widely regarded as a major force in New York and American theatre, Classic Stage has been cited repeatedly by all the major Off-Broadway theater awards: Obies, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League and the 1999
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of Work. Memberships to
Classic Stage Company productions are available at various price levels, including the flexible MasterPass membership, which in addition to prime seats entitles members to participate in CSC special series, including their sold-out Open Rehearsal events. For more information on
Classic Stage Company visit the theatre's website at
www.classicstage.org.
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