Debut Theatre Company Presents Dracula
- Cost:
- $7
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Alarmed by a series of unnatural events, a web of fear is slowly weaving through the inhabitants of Dr. Seward’s English sanatorium. Seward’s niece Lucy grows weak from an unidentifiable ailment, unfamiliar pale women have been sighted, biting winds carry howls across the moor, and bats are beating against the windowpanes. Wolves are gathering on the grounds of the neighboring Carfax Castle where a mysterious count from Transylvania has recently taken up residence. A name is whispered among the town folk... “Dracula.” The Seward household waits apprehensively. Unable to diagnose Lucy’s illness, Dr. Seward calls upon the help of Professor Van Helsing, a Dutch specialist in rare maladies, including vampirism. Working together, they may be able to face the terror before them–and if they hold firm–conquer this evil completely.
In celebration of its 20th season, Debut Theatre Company resurrects the undead of the Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula, just in time for the Halloween season. This 1897 Gothic tale of terror embodied the superstitions of the 19th Century. Although he did not invent the vampire, Stoker’s work singularly spawned generations of theatrical, film and television interpretations, making it one the most retold and adapted stories in literature. Today’s vampires in general, and Dracula in particular, are presented as handsome, feeling, sensual characters. The actors of DTC will bring to life the original vile creature that haunts the pages of Stoker’s novel.
So, fill your pockets with garlic, clasp a crucifix close, watch your neck, and join Lucy, Dr. Seward and Professor Van Helsing on their quest to eradicate evil. But hurry… before darkness falls and it is too late to escape!
Note: Appropriate for family audiences (ages 6 years and up). Stage Effects include the use of stage fog, black lights, and “undead” actors wandering through the audience. No blood or strobes.
Dates/Times:
- Oct 14 - 7:00pm
- Oct 15 - 1:00pm & 7:00pm
- Oct 16 - 1:00pm
- Oct 21 - 7:00pm
- Oct 22 - 1:00pm & 7:00pm