ARE WE IN LOVE Presents TWO IN LOVE: A Two-Hander Festival

THREE-WEEK LIMITED ENGAGEMENT

APRIL 9 - 26, 2026 AT THEATER LAB

OPENING NIGHT IS THURSDAY, APRIL 9 AT 7:30 P.M.

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New York, NY - April 2, 2026: ARE WE IN LOVE Productions is pleased to announce the TWO IN LOVE: A Two-Hander Festival, a curated evening of intimate, actor-driven storytelling. Featuring three acclaimed two-person plays: Cindy Lou Johnson’s BRILLIANT TRACES directed by Shira Behore, Johnna Adams’ WORLD BUILDERS directed by Klara Eales, and David Ives’ VENUS IN FUR directed by Cnaan Lavkovich. TWO IN LOVE: A Two-Hander Festival will play a three-week limited engagement at Theater Lab (357 W 36th St, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10018). Performances begin Thursday, April 9 and continue through Sunday, April 26. Opening Night is Thursday, April 9 (7:30 p.m.). ​ Tickets are $38 for single show admission, $80 for a festival pass and available at https://theaterlabnyc.com/two-in-love/.

Together, these works explore love in its many forms – romantic, platonic, fractured, obsessive, tender, and transformative. Each piece asks, in its own way, the central question that guides the company’s work: Are we in love?

BRILLIANT TRACES

The place is Alaska. In the middle of a raging blizzard is a cabin and inside that cabin HENRY HARRY lies sleeping. His remote and hermit-like existence is interrupted by ROSANNAH DELUCE, an agitated young woman fleeing the storm and an impending wedding.

Both running and hiding from life, these two scarred individuals draw closer to each other through a shared feeling of isolation and their desire to find connection.

The production stars Klara Eales (Off-Bway: Brilliant Traces) as Rosannah, and David Stakston (Netflix: Ragnarok, Skam) as Henry Harry.

VENUS IN FUR

What begins as an unconventional casting session between a promising playwright/director and a magnetic yet unpredictable actress quickly transforms into a charged battle in which the lines between rehearsal and reality blur. As they read the text, authority shifts, roles reverse, and control over the narrative becomes the ultimate weapon. In this intimate theatrical duel, desire, intellect, and storytelling collide, raising the question: Who is really in control?

The production stars Robert L. Bradvica* (Hunger Artist at the New York Theater Festival) as Thomas Novachek, and Mia Jurkunas (Home Sweet Home at the Theater for the New City) as Vanda Jordan. *appears courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association.

WORLD BUILDERS

Max and Whitney do not simply escape reality. They rebuild it. When they enroll in an experimental study designed to dismantle their delusions, the elaborate inner worlds that once protected them begin to collapse. In the rubble of fantasy, something fragile and startlingly real begins to form between them.

As the medication takes hold and imagination gives way to clarity, they are forced to confront a devastating question: When the worlds that kept you alive disappear, what — or who — do you choose to live for?

World Builders explores love and the imagination as both sanctuary and risk. It is a play about survival, connection, and the terrifying beauty of being truly seen.

The production stars Hannah Rose Doherty (Off-Bway: The Glitch) as Whitney, and Patrick Eckland (Little Women at The Actors Temple) as Max.

ARE WE IN LOVE PRODUCTIONS is a female-driven theatre and film company dedicated to bridging divides through story. The company champions young and emerging artists and creates work that prioritizes connection, empathy, and emotional truth. Two In Love highlights close collaborations between actors, directors, and playwrights who are deeply invested in craft and intention, offering audiences a night of stripped-down, powerful performances where language, presence, and relationship take center stage.

The festival features scenic design by Hannah Rose Dohery, costume design by Danny Colon, and lighting design by Andrew LaPointe. Jandre Van Heerden and Cnaan Levkovich are the sound designers and Tanya Agarwal and Erin Flanagan are the stage managers. Publicity by Katie Rosin/Kampfire PR.

TWO IN LOVE: A Two-Hander Festival plays the following regular schedule through Saturday, April 25:

Tickets are $38 for single show admission, $80 for a festival pass and available at https://theaterlabnyc.com/two-in-love/ ​ or by calling 212.929.2545.

Running Time: 90 minutes

Website: https://www.areweinlove.com/theatre/worldbuilders

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BIOGRAPHIES

BRILLIANT TRACES

CINDY LOU JOHNSON (Playwright) ​ is best known for her play Brilliant Traces, which was produced by the Circle Repertory Company at the Cherry Lane Theatre and has had many productions throughout the United States and Canada, and was produced in Paris at Théâtre de la Gaîté. A filmed version was produced for Canadian television, and a translation into American Sign Language premiered in Los Angeles. Johnson’s other plays include The Years, Blesse, and The Person I Once Was. She has had productions at The Manhattan Theatre Club, The Circle Repertory Company, The Alliance Theatre, The Actors Theatre of Louisville, and The Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, among other places. The Years was also produced for Canadian television. Johnson is a graduate of Cornell University and the Sorbonne and a recipient of the National Endowment Playwriting Fellowship. She also writes for film and television.

SHIRA BEHORE (Director) is an Israeli-American actress, writer and director based in NYC. Her past works include playing the role of Meg March in the Off-Broadway production of Little Women, as well as writing Falkland’s Law which premiered in 2024, and On The Line, which premiered in 2025.

VENUS IN FUR

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.

CNAAN LEVKOVICH (Director) is a composer, orchestrator, pianist, theater director, producer, sound designer and teacher from Tel Aviv. He served as the principal musician for Hameshulash Queer Theater and is the recipient of the 2022 Golden Hedgehog Award for Best Musician for his work on the acclaimed musical The One. He graduated summa cum laude from the Interdisciplinary Arts Program at Tel Aviv University, and he is currently a Columbia MFA Director under the guidance of Anne Bogart & Brian Kulick.

Cnaan has written original music for Israel's biggest theaters including: Habima National Theater, The Cameri Theater, Be'er Sheva Theater, Beit Lessin Theater and more. He has directed Lord of the Flies (Jaffa Theater), ART (Simtat Shlush), One More Story (Tzavta).

WORLD BUILDERS

JOHNNA ADAMS (Playwright) is a 2012 graduate of the Rita & Burton Goldburg MFA Program at Hunter College (led by Tine Howe), the 2011 recipient of the Princess Grace Award and a finalist for the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Award. Her play Gidion’s Knot was published in the December 2012 issue of TCG’s American Theatre Magazine and received an ATCA/Steinberg Citation. She is a past Reva Shiner Award winner, winner of the OC Weekly’s Best Original Play award (twice), finalist for the Christopher Brian Wolk Award, finalist for the William Saroyan Prize and a New York Innovative Theatre Award nominee. Her play Sans Merci was produced in New York by Flux Theatre Ensemble, and Boomerang Theatre produced her rhyming verse comedy, Lickspittles, Buttonholers, and Damned Pernicious Go-Betweens. Johnna’s plays are published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc. and Original Works Publishing

KLARA EALES (Director) is a South African actor, writer, and producer based in New York. She made her Off-Broadway debut starring in Brilliant Traces, a role she is honored to return to in Two In Love: A Two-Hander Festival. Klara serves as one of the lead producers and COO of Are We In Love Productions. Her recent stage work includes playing Jo March in her original adaptation of Little Women, and she has appeared in both theatre and independent film projects in the U.S. and South Africa. As an actor, Klara is drawn to complex, emotionally driven characters and stories that explore identity, belonging, and the outsider experience. Klara remains grateful to God for both the open doors and the ones that refused to budge.

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