JDTLab: FREE Staged Reading of VENUS IN FUR

This winter, Guild Hall debuts the John Drew Theater Lab (JDTLab), a workshop devoted to fostering East End performing artists and cultivating audiences for their work. The mission of JDTLab is to support actively-engaged performing artists by providing the helpful resources of the John Drew Theater to further them along on the journey of their creative process. The JDTLab programs will be presented free of charge to the public at 7:30pm on select Tuesdays through May. On March 18, JDTLab presents a FREE Staged Reading of VENUS IN FUR by David Ives. Directed by Tina Andrews. Featuring Adam Donshik and Alexandra Cohen-Spiegler. Thomas, a beleaguered playwright/director, is desperate to find an actress to play Vanda, the female lead in his adaptation of the classic sadomasochistic tale Venus in Fur. Into his empty audition room walks a vulgar and equally desperate actress — oddly enough, named Vanda. Though utterly wrong for the sophisticated part, Vanda exhibits a strange command of the material, piquing Thomas’ interest with her seductive talents and secretive manner. As the two work through the script, they blur the line between play and reality, entering into an increasingly serious game of submission and domination that only one of them can win.