GRAVEYARD KISS PRODUCTIONS & CROSSBONES THEATRE CO.
STARRING CORA WOOD & RICHARDSON CISNEROS-JONES
DIRECTED BY MATTHEW ZANFAGNA
SATURDAY AUGUST 8 @ 8PM
SUNDAY AUGUST 9 @ 7PM
SATURDAY AUGUST 15 @ 8PM
SUNDAY AUGUST 16 @ 7PM
SATURDAY AUGUST 22 @ 8PM
SUNDAY AUGUST 23 @ 7PM
PLAYHOUSE PARADISO 1089 N OXFORD AVE, LOS ANGELES CA 90029
CAST & CREATIVE
CORA WOOD ("Vanda", executive producer) is an actor and producer with a résumé that ping-pongs across genres: she played opposite Nicolas Cage in “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” appeared in Amazon Blumhouse’s “Evil Eye,” with Sarita Choudhury from Fallout. She also starred opposite Kelly Giddish in the Fox pilot “Past Life” and Michael Neeson in “Big Dogs.” Drawing from her multicultural upbringing, she brings authenticity and depth to her storytelling. She produced and starred in the short film “Night Train,” which picked up Best US Short and Best Lead Actor nominations at the SOHO Film Festival. Right now she’s producing and acting in dark romance “A Bellevue Love Story,” and she’s set to lead the thriller “Fatal Betrayal,” directed by Nyle Garcia.
RICHARDSON CISNEROS-JONES ("Thomas")
Off-Broadway: THE AMAZING SEX LIFE OF RABBITS (SoHo Playhouse), EXORCISTIC: THE ROCK PARODY (Asylum NYC). LA: EXIT THE KING (A Noise Within), THE RABBIT QUEEN (Hollywood Fringe), A NEW BRAIN and THE PRODUCERS (Celebration Theatre). SF: SCAPIN and A CHRISTMAS CAROL (American Conservatory Theater). Film and TV: Kevin Hart: What Now? (Universal), “Masters of Sex,” “The Affair” (Showtime), “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” (Netflix), “Fresh Off the Boat” (ABC), “SEAL Team” (CBS), “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” (seriously), and “Hacks” (HBO). Insta: @richardsoncisnerosjones. Go to gofundme.com/rcjshorts to support his indie shorts, the first being his adaptation of H. G. Wells’s THE FLOWERING OF THE STRANGE ORCHID.
DAVID IVES (Playwright) has been active in the American theatre for 50 years. His shows include All In The Timing, Time Flies, Venus In Fur, New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza, and four verse adaptations of French comedies, as well as radio plays that are available online at PlayingOnAir.org. He collaborated with Stephen Sondheim on Sondheim’s last musical, Here We Are, which premiered off-Broadway at The Shed in September 2023.
MATTHEW ZANFAGNA (Director) is a New York-bred, Los Angeles-based theatre director. His background in art and design bring frenetic, expressive, and saturated visuals to his collaborations. His collaborations with Gnosis have been deemed "bonkers" by Rolling Stone. From readings to full-scale productions, Matthew has helped stage new work at every level of the developmental process, and is passionate about learning and teaching within the medium. He thrives on a limited timeline and uses all available resources to produce deliberate, fantastical choices. In addition to directing, Matthew is an actor and props designer, served as Head Properties at Brooklyn’s Theatre for a New Audience for four years, and has contributed as an artisan to many productions, most recently at Pasadena Playhouse and Boston Court Pasadena. MatthewZan.net
Gnosis (Creative Producer)
Josh Miguel Ewing (Stage Manager, Lighting Design)
Fletcher Hurley (Costume Designer) Fletcher Hurley’s diverse costume career spans across productions of Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables, music videos for the likes of Madonna and Miley Cyrus, several feature length films, and beyond. They began their costuming journey as a teenager in local theatre and is overjoyed to be returning their creativity to it’s original home, the stage. As a lifelong designer and costume builder Fletcher is humbly excited to bring their knowledge and years of practice to contribute to the artistry and production of this piece.
Tanner Hayes (Dramaturg)
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 StageCompany,at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on October 13, 2011.In addition, a bio for the Broadway producers of VENUS IN FUR is required inall programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play:The Broadway producers of VENUS IN FUR are Jon B. Platt, Scott Landis, MTCProductions Inc. Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove, Jessica R. Jenen, Scott M. Delman,and Classic Stage Company. Lead producer Jon B. Platt’s producing creditsinclude some of the most honored dramatic work in Broadway history: Angels inAmerica: Millenium Approaches (Pulitzer Prize Winner), Perestroika, The Bookof Mormon, Wicked, Copenhagen, God of Carnage, Death of a Salesman andClybourne Park (Pulitzer Prize Winner). In addition to his 7 Tony Awards, Mr.Platt has received 10 New York Drama Desk Awards and 5 New York OuterCritics Circle Awards, and the Robert Whitehead Award for DistinguishedProducing in the Commercial Theatre in 2012. Tony award winning producerScott Landis’ credits include The Children’s Hour (West End), La Bete, ThePajama Game and Nice Work If You Can Get It. Manhattan Theatre Club, led byArtistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Director Barry Grove, is one ofthe nation’s leading non-profit theatres producing innovative and diverse work byplaywrights at all stages of their careers, at its Broadway and Off-Broadwaytheatres. Plays that debut at MTC are performed across the country and aroundthe world, and 6 of them have won Pulitzer Prizes: Doubt, Proof, Ruined, RabbitHole, Crimes of the Heart, and The Piano Lesson; Jessica R. Jenen produced AnEvening with Patti Lupone & Mandy Patinkin, and while Executive Director ofClassic Stage Company, produced the world premiere of Venus in Fur, as well asThree Sisters, Uncle Vanya, The Tempest, among others. Classic Stage Companyis the premiere Off-Broadway theatre dedicated to reimaging the classicalrepertory for a contemporary American audience. Scott M. Delman is a privateequity investor at DGZ Capital who has co-produced The Book of Mormon,American Idiot, Mary Stuart and Ragtime.
VENUS IN FUR is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service.