Observer Reports
The Electric City Playhouse is chiming in the season with a light-hearted look at the one who rules the darkness.
In “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors,” a vampire has retained his appetite but lost any obligation to behave with Gothic dignity. This comic reworking of Bram Stoker’s story turns the familiar encounter between an English visitor and a Transylvanian count into a fast-moving tangle of seduction, danger and people discovering that their circumstances are considerably worse than they had understood.
The play’s joke is not merely that Dracula can be funny. It is that terror and ridiculousness can occupy the same room. Clever wordplay, rapid character changes and gender-bending comedy replace much of the original’s solemn dread.
“Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors,” runs through this weekend. Tickets at https://ecplayhouse.ludus.com/index.php
Director: Scott Gibson
Assistant Director: Lynne Gibson
Producer: Brianna Pruiett
Stage Manager: Chaunessy Wright
Tech: Landon Wright
Costumes: Kelly Wright
Props: Brianna Pruiett
Cast is as follows:
Count Dracula- Drake Shadwell
Lucy Westfeldt- Carlie Brooks
Mina Westfeldt- Austin LeRoy
Dr. Wallace Westfeldt- Hayes Schardt
Dr. Van Helsing- Austin LeRoy
Renfield- Hayes Schardt
Kitty Rutherford- Carlie Brooks
Brandon Wiemerslage- Captain, Ensemble
TJ Fisher- Boston, Ensemble
Lauren Hall- Driver, Ensemble
Kendall Chavis- Ensemble
Patrick Gibson- Ensemble
Cierra Donnelly- Ensemble
