October 17, 2024 – November 24, 2024

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BY GORDON GREENBERG and STEVE ROSEN

“The world seems full of good men—even if there are monsters in it.” – BRAM STOKER

In the treacherous mountains of Transylvania, a meek English real estate agent takes a harrowing journey to meet a new and mysterious client, who also just happens to be the most terrifying and ferocious monster the world has ever known: Count Dracula! As famed female vampire hunter Jean Van Helsing and company chase Drac from Transylvania to the British countryside to London and back, their antics are guaranteed to increase your pulse and cause blood-curdling screams—of laughter. Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is a Bram-new comedy filled with clever wordplay and anything-goes pop culture references. This 90-minute, gender-bending, quick-changing, laugh-out-loud take on Bram Stoker’s iconic story is perfect for audiences of all blood types.

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors premiered Off-Broadway in September 2023 and is now making its regional debut at the Blackfriars Playhouse this year directed by Matt Radford Davies. Perfect for a festive fall outing to the Blackfriars Playhouse, book your tickets today and get ready to sink your teeth into this hilarious reimagining of a gothic classic!

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Join ASC on Halloween Night (Thursday, October 31) for an especially festive performance of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors at a special discounted rate!

Run time: 1 Hour 40 Minutes – No Intermission

Pro Tip: Grab a drink before the show to join in a special mid-performance toast with the cast of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors. With no intermission, you’ll want to be ready!
Content Warning: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors contains strong sexual content, adult humor, and simulated sex scenes. The ASC recommends this production for patrons aged 14 and older.

AGE RECOMMENDATION: Recommended for patrons 14 and older.

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Stuff That Happens In The Play:

  • While negotiating the sale of London’s haunted Withering Manor to mysterious new client Count Dracula, bookish real estate broker Jonathan Harker can’t keep himself from mentioning his beautiful and adventurous fiancée, Lucy Westfeldt. Dracula is immediately smitten.
  • Back home in Whitby, preparing for their engagement party, Lucy regales her sister Mina with tales from a captain’s log she found washed up on the shore. It seems the ill-fated SS Stoker sank the night before — strangely, a bat was seen flying from room to room, and all crew and passengers succumbed to a mysterious illness of the blood. When Jonathan arrives, he reveals his new client, Count Dracula, was on that very ship and is now most certainly dead.
  • Lucy and Mina’s father, Dr. Wallace Westfeldt, believes the best way to treat the criminally insane is to lodge and employ them in his own house. Several patients, including kleptomaniac Kitty and extreme entophiliac Renfield, assist as staff during the engagement party.
  • Midway through the party (after every eligible suitor has rejected the awkward and overlooked Mina), Count Dracula arrives! Relieved to find the Count alive, Jonathan introduces him to Lucy and Mina. Though Dracula remains taken with Lucy, Mina is immediately taken with Dracula and invites herself home to his house.
  • Dracula also invites Renfield to serve him, promising him all the bugs he could ever want. Renfield agrees.
  • The morning after the party, Mina has fallen seriously ill. Unsure of the cause, the family sends for the famous Dr. Van Helsing hoping for a cure. When Van Helsing arrives, the doctor is not what anybody expects.
  • Her condition worsening, Mina goes missing. Dr. Van Helsing assumes she’s been taken by Renfield and sets out with Lucy, Dr. Westfeldt, and a fearful Jonathan to rescue her.
  • Fangs, fears, and fantastic awakenings ensue…