Lock up your doors and hide your daughters! Count Dracula, the infamously seductive and evil vampire of the 1897 Gothic horror novel will come to life once again on Thursday, Oct. 20 and Friday, Oct. 21 right here in Fairfield County.
Valley Shakespeare Festival Theater Company will present two scripted reading performances of the Bram Stoker classic just in time for Halloween as part of its popular “Shakespeare in the Bar” series.
The Thursday, Oct. 20 evening performance will be hosted by Caloroso Eatery and Bar, 100 Center St., Shelton and the Friday, Oct. 21st performance will be held in Fairfield’s Anna Liffey’s Irish Pub, 1494 Post Road.
DRACULA is the sixth work VSF will present in its semi-annual “SIB” series. Fans of the nonprofit theater company will remember its previous productions of MACBETH, TITUS ANDRONICUS, HAMLET, THE TEMPEST and, most recently, Moliere’s TARTUFFE.
VSF will be utilizing the same script and sound effects used in the 1938 MERCURY THEATER ON THE AIR radio broadcast which starred Orson Welles and Agnes Moorehead. Welles not only starred in the production, but also wrote the adaptation, and his version is commonly believed to be the most faithful to the original novel with much of the dialogue lifted verbatim. It has been described as both “horrific and transcendent.”
VSF will employ only five actors and one lighting/sound effects engineer to present its version.
Valley Shakespeare Festival is excited to present this production in its debut at its two new venues.
Tickets are available through Valley Shakespeare Festival by calling 203 – 513-9446 or by visiting its website at www.vsfestival.org.
Admission is $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Doors open at 6 p.m., performance begins at 7:30.
Space is limited, advance purchase is recommended.
