Dracula Opens at McIntyre Hall

darkside-avat.jpgSkagit Valley College Theater Department production of Dracula opens at McIntyre Hall Friday, February 9th 2007. Screenplay by Seattle writer Steven Dietz based on Bram Stoker’s original work.

Fair warning – this production may be upsetting to some people. Bram Stoker’s original Dracula creation has many elements in it that were skipped in early Hollywood renditions. It is upsetting if not seen in it’s entirety. It’s supposed to be – it’s horror. It will not be surprising if some people walk out in disgust.

PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUNG CHILDREN TO THIS PERFORMANCE.

Due to graphic violence and bloodshed, not appropriate for children.

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Performance dates:
Friday, February 9 – 7:30pm
Saturday, February 10 – 7:30pm
Sunday, February 11 – 2:00pm
Friday, February 16 – 7:30pm
Saturday, February 17 – 7:30pm
Sunday, February 18 – 2:00pm

Reserved Seating: $10.00
Skagit Valley Students with ID – in the Balcony only: Free

Steven Dietz 1995 adaptation of Bram Stokers classic novel, Dracula, takes the audience on a literary journey that parallels the book. Those who have seen the production on stage or in the theatres with famed movie star Bela Legosi have only seen half the story. Stoker’s book, told through news paper clippings and journal entries flows more like a detective novel then a work of horror. Dietz captures Stokers literary genius, bringing the play to its climatic conclusion.

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The cast includes Trey Hatch (Beauty and the Beast, The Merry Wives of Windsor) as Renfield; Lydia Randall (Fame, Seven Brides) as Mina; David Cox (Godot, Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors); Christina Stevens (Omnium Gatherum) and Carolyn Hatch (The Lion, Witch & Wardrobe, Comedy of Errors) as vampire Vixens; Alex Muteseki (Omnium Gatherum, Hamlet) as Jonathan Harker; Jared Confroti (Little Shop of Horrors), Miles McGillivray (Antigone) and Suzann McLamb (Li’l Abner, Pirates of Penzance) as Attendants to the Psycho ward.

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Director Damond Morris is an adjunct instructor in the SVC Department of Theatre Arts and directed Top Girls by Caryl Churchill in 2005. He is also the Artistic Director and founder of Shakespeare NorthWest which produces “The Skagit River Shakespeare Festival” each August in Edgewater Park, Mount Vernon. Morris directed Hamlet for the Festival in 2006. Some of his directing credentials include Julius Caesar, The Taming of the Shrew, Waiting for Godot by Beckett, The Inspector General by Gogol, The Odd Couple by Simon, and Salomé by Wilde.