Venus in Furby David Ives

October 18 - November 17, 2013

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Venus in Fur

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the u.S.

VENuS IN FuR is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York..Originally produced by Classic Stage Company (Brian Kulick, Artistic Director; Jessica R. Jenen, Executive Director).

Originally produced on Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) by special arrangement with Jon B. Platt, Scott Landis and Classic Stage Company,

at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on October 13, 2011.

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by David Ives

Mad Cow Theatre Presents

DirectorPEG O’KEEF

October 18 - November 17, 2013The BLACK BOX

Scenic DesignWIllIAm EllIOTT

Costume DesignmIKE ANd KAThy BUcK

Lighting DesignERIN mINER

Sound DesignWIll cARlsON

Stage Manager lINdA mARIE ROmANEllO

PIPER PATTERsON

TIm WIllIAms*

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In order of appearance

Venus in Fur is 90 minutes long and is performed without intermission.

Out of respect for the audience and the artists, patrons who leave the theatre during the performance and patrons who arrive late will be re-admitted at house manager’s discretion.

The photographing, video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

Audio ..................................................................... Will Carlson Fight Choreographer ............................................... Stephan JonesHouse Carpenter ..................................................... Daniel CooksleyMaster Electrician .................................................... David Clenney Props Master & Set Décor ........................................ Frank SianoScenic Charge ........................................................ Lisa Buck Scenic Assistant ....................................................... Melissa Cooper

A bare, rented studio, a stormy afternoon, the present

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Cast of Characters

Tim Williams ........................................................... Thomas Piper Patterson ........................................................ Vanda

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DAVID IVES (Playwright) is perhaps best known for his evening of one-act plays, All in the Timing (he has been included in the Best Short Plays series seven times), and for his drama Venus in Fur, which was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play. His plays include New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch De Spinoza (adapted from Molière’s The Misanthrope); The Liar (adapted from Corneille); Time Flies; and Is He Dead? (adapted from Mark Twain). He has also translated Feydeau’s A Flea in Her Ear and Yasmina Reza’s A Spanish Play A former Guggenheim Fellow in play writing and a graduate of The Yale School of Drama, he lives in New York City.

THe orIGInaL VENUS IN FURS In the play, the character Thomas mentions the inspiration for his adaptation, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s Venus in Furs. The novella, published in 1870, contains a story within a story: A man is telling his friend Severin of a dream he has in which he talks to the goddess Venus – while she wears furs – about love. Severin recommends that the man read Memoirs of a Suprasensual Man in order to cure him of his fascination with cruel women.

Memoirs of a Suprasensual Man tells the tale of Severin von Kusiemski, who is infatuated with a woman named Wanda von Dunajew. He desires to be her slave, asking to be treated in progressively more degrading ways. At first Wanda is reluctant to obey his requests, but she does so to humor him, eventually discovering that she does indeed enjoy the control she has over him.

VENUS IN FURS In popULar cULTUre Leopold von Sacher -Masoch’s novella, Venus in Furs, has inspired a lot more than just David Ives’ play. A well-known pop culture reference is the Velvet underground’s song Venus in Furs, which includes lyrics that directly allude to the book, such as “Severin, your servant, comes in bells, please don’t forsake him.”

About the Playwright

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MIKE AND KATHY BuCK DESIGNS (Costumes) are delighted to work again with Mad Cow Theatre. Their work was last seen this summer in Mad Cow’s productions of Dreamgirls. MKBD is honored to receive the critics choice award from Creative Loafing’s best of Tampa Bay Awards for the third consecutive year. Look for MKBD designs at American Stage Theatre in this month’s production of The Birds. Look for us at Mad Cow this season for the upcoming productions of The Light it the Piazza and Hair. Check us out on Facebook!

WILL CARLSON (Sound Designer) This is Will Carlson’s first design credit at Mad Cow Theatre. Recently from Illinois, Will previously designed sound for theatre, dance, and opera. Most recently he was the sound

designer for Florencia en el Amazonas, as well as Spring Awakening, Cabaret, and Studio Dance, the MFA thesis presentation at the university of Illinois. Will would like to thank the cast and crew for their support on this production. WILLIAM ELLIOTT (Scenic Designer) has designed scenery and lighting for over 200 productions during his career and many of them in the Central Florida area. They include operas at Stetson university’s School of Music and plays and musicals at Stetson’s Theatre Arts program. He designed many productions for the Civic Theatre of Central Florida and Orlando Opera Company. Some of his credits with Mad Cow Theatre include Fool for Love, Blithe Spirit, Desdemona, Burn This, The Glass Menagerie, The Cherry Orchard, Crimes of the Heart, The Odd Couple, The Laramie Project, Ghosts (scenery and lighting), The Life of Galileo, Stop Kiss, The Butter and Egg Man, Legacy of Light, Next to Normal and The understudy. He has designed not only for theatre and opera, but also television, film, corporate productions and theme parks.

ERIN MINER (Lighting Designer) Other Desert Cities marks Erin’s 64th show with Mad Cow Theatre. She is excited to be working with Peg. When not at Mad Cow, she can be found in the fields of Apopka High School as a drama teacher. PEG O’KEEF (Director) is thrilled to be at Mad Cow, in whose legendary pastures she has had the most excellent acting adventures, including Under Milk Wood, Our Town, Delicate Balance, Happy Days,

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Antigone, Constant Wife, The Year of Magical Thinking, The Lion in Winter, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and most recently August: Osage County. As a director, hither and yon, she has staged dozens of productions, including Antigone (twice), Grapes of Wrath, The Piano Lesson, Crimes of the Heart, The Road to Nirvana, Indians, La Bete, Orpheus Descending, American Buffalo and Camino Real. When not immersed in theatre, Peg works for q Media Productions, uCF, and the Florida Film Festival. She treasures Andy Salter, is cursed by vile cats of various hues, and can’t wait to enroll in Obamacare. PIPER PATTERSON (Vanda) Piper’s previous Mad Cow productions include Collected Stories (Lisa), Enchanted April (Lady Caroline), and Dancing at Lughnasa (Christina). She performed in Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s Sense and Sensibility as Marianne earlier this year and will return for It’s a Wonderful Life in December. Piper has spent her summers working for Missoula Children’s Theatre touring across the country, bringing the arts to rural communities. Her favorite role: the Mouse in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.

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LINDA MARIE ROMANELLO (Stage Manager) Linda is a recent graduate from uCF with a Theatre BFA in stage management. She began her theatre career at university Of Texas at El Paso (uTEP), Department of Theatre Dance and Film. This is her sixth production with Mad Cow; she has previously worked on Collected Stories as the stage manager. While she is not in the booth, Linda moonlights as a photographer at Walt Disney World or spending every spare minute with her husband Joe and incredible son Joseph. She would like to thank her family for all their love and support.

TIMOTHY WILLIAMS (Thomas)received a BA in theater from the university of Central Florida. He has performed in 16 main stage productions with Orlando Shakes-peare Theater including Othello, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and Arms and the Man; the Artist’s Collaborative Theater production of The Kentucky Cycle; Mad Cow Theatre’s Rosencrantz and Guilden-stern Are Dead, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Billy Bishop Goes to War, and Laughter on the 23rd

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