<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">Twin Masks Performing Arts Center (TMPAC) is proud to announce its final weekend of performances of Venus in Fur, written by David Ives, and directed by Brian Westerley. Remaining performances on August 16 and 17.  </span><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">Adult tickets $15 / Senior and Student tickets $10. Tickets can be purchased online at our website, </span><a href="http://www.twinmasks.org" style="color:rgb(66,133,244);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:1rem;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px">www.twinmasks.org</a><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">, or you can call our box office at 330-888-3211.  Tickets are also available at the door. </span><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">TMPAC is located at 9076 Church Street, Suites 2 and 3 in the heart of Twinsburg, right off the Square. We are an intimate, 50-seat black box experimental theatre. </span><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">Cast of Venus in Fur includes Matthew Andrus as Thomas Novachek and Anna Popa as Vanda Jordan.</span><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">PLEASE NOTE:  The play contains strong adult language and adult situations and is not recommended for those 18 years of age and younger.</span><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">"Venus in Fur" by David Ives is a two-person play that explores power dynamics, gender roles, and the line between reality and fiction. It follows Thomas, a playwright and director who is frustrated by the lack of suitable actresses for his adaptation of a 19th-century novel, "Venus in Furs." When Vanda, a seemingly unprepared and brash actress, arrives late for an audition, she surprises Thomas with her uncanny understanding of the character and the text. As they engage in a provocative and intense audition, the roles blur between actor and director, and reality intertwines with the play's script, leading to a compelling examination of dominance, submission, and the nature of desire.</span><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">TMPAC is a registered 501c3 non-profit entity. </span><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none"><br style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(49,49,49);font-family:'-apple-system','helvetica neue';font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:1px;text-decoration:none;display:inline!important;float:none">Rights secured by Broadway Licensing Inc.</span></div><br></div>