venus in fur play

The audition process can be as anxiety-inducing for theater directors as it is for actors, and that sense of anxiety also extends to those of us who are merely watching an audition in David Ives' "Venus in Fur." This disturbing play is receiving an appropriately moody staging at Rep Stage.

David Ives' "Venus in Fur," a play spiced with sadomasochistic desires, gets a sturdy workout from Columbia-based Rep Stage directed by Joseph W. Ritsch.

Plan a weekend filled with strawberries and strange fruit.