by Mac Wellman
directed by Richard Ragsdale
CHICAGO PREMIERE
at Charybdis Multi-Arts Complex
October 5 – November 7, 1998
“Defiant gives the script’s malevolent camp a pointed recklessness.”
Chicago Reader
“A healthy dose of both heaving bosoms and good-old fashioned shtick.”
Newcity
Seducing virgins; sucking blood; immigrating without a visa–Dracula was a bad, bad boy.
Mac Wellman’s Dracula cuts close to the bone of Bram Stoker’s novel, honoring rich language while invoking moral mystery. Among passionate vampires and prudish Victorians, who are truly the undead?
It’s been just about 100 years since Dracula first darkened America’s shores. Come celebrate the centennial. Bring your neck.
Time
The action takes place in the last days of 1899.
Cast
Dracula … Mr. Lesley
Vampyrettes … Ms. Brazda
… Ms. Madison
… Ms. Shields
Mina Harker … Ms. Ripley
Lucy Westenra … Ms. Rothschiller
Jonathan Harker … Mr. Slonina
Dr. John Seward … Mr. Coronado
Prof. Abraham Van Helsing … Mr. Schutz
Quincey Morris … Mr. Mortis
Simmons … Mr. Johnson
Crew
Stage Management … Erin Wenzel
Assistant Directing … Jim Slonina
Set … Nic Dimond
Lights … B. Emil Boulos
Costumes … Carol Cox
Sounds/Composition … Brian & Matt Callahan
Composition … Linda Gillum
Puppets … Tamara Mullen
Make-up … Sarah Pace
Wigs/Board Operator … Jennifer Gehr
Burlesque Choreography … Cherise Silvestri
Jitterbug Choreography … Julie Greenberg
… Jeff Jenkins
Machines … Louis Jeroslow
Props … Annie Joseph
Dramaturgy … July Felise Dubiner
Koken … Leigh Anne Ruyle
Photography … Geoffrey Fingerhut
Poster … Chris Lackey, photography
… Andrew Leman, designer