Get Whipped Up For Venus In Fur
QC Theatre Workshop is at it again. This time with the steamy dark comedy, ‘Venus in Fur’.
The group is now presenting a Tony Award-winning dark comedy of desire, gamesmanship, and shifting power dynamics. ‘Venus in Fur’ will be showing at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday Mar 16-17 and Mar 23-24 and 3 p.m. on Sunday Mar 18 and Mar 25 at 1730 Wilkes Ave., Davenport. Doors open 15 minutes prior to showtime. This play contains mature content that may be inappropriate for young viewers.
‘Venus in Fur’ opens on writer/director Thomas Novachek as he attempts to cast his stage adaptation of an 1870 German novel that helped coin the term “masochism.” Frustrated by a lack of options for his female lead, Thomas is on the verge of giving up when actress Vanda Jordan bursts into the room – brash, vulgar, and seemingly all wrong for the part. But Vanda convinces Thomas to let her audition, and as lightning flashes and thunder crashes, she shows astounding insight into the play and her character that seem nearly impossible to believe. What follows is a hilarious, thrilling, unnerving game of cat-and-mouse that the New York Times called “a seriously smart and very funny stage seminar on the destabilizing nature of sexual desire,” and that Time Out New York lauded as “deliciously twisty and witty fun.”
Real-life married couple Thomas Alan Taylor and Jessica Taylor star in this truly connected and steamy onstage performance.
Reservations not required for QC Theatre Workshop performances. Walk-ins are welcome! If a show is sold out and you do not have a reservation, you are welcome to come to the theatre approximately 15 minutes before the show starts to be added to our wait list. Frequently, there are last-minute cancellations and no-shows, so they may be able to fit you in! If you would like to make reservations, however, you can do so at https://www.qctheatreworkshop.org/reservations.
As part of their efforts to provide theatre that is accessible to everyone in our community, the standard ticket pricing for productions is “Pay What It’s Worth”. You will see the show first, then pay afterward based on what the experience is worth to you, and what it’s worth to you to have this kind of live theatre in your community.
Make sure to check out one of the limited performances of ‘Venus in Fur’!
