Venus in Fur is a two-person play by David Ives set in modern New York City.
Nina Arianda reprised her role as Vanda and Hugh Dancy played Thomas Novachek, the writer-director.
[citation needed] In 2013, the play saw its Australian premiere in a production by the Queensland Theatre Company in Brisbane with Libby Munro as Vanda and Todd MacDonald as Thomas.
[9] Dana Brooke as Vanda was declared one of the "Performances of the Year" by The Sacramento Bee in B Street Theatre's production in 2013.
This production was directed by Patrick Marber and starred Natalie Dormer and David Oakes as Vanda and Thomas respectively.
[11] Thomas Novachek is the writer-director of a new play opening in New York City; this play-within-the-play is an adaptation of the 1870 novel Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (the novel that inspired the term "masochism").
The play begins with Novachek on the telephone, lamenting the inadequacies of the actresses who had shown up that day to audition for the lead character, Vanda von Dunayev.