“I have crossed oceans of time to find you.”
“I want your fear. For your fear, like a current, rushes through your body. Your fear makes your heart pound, it renders your veins rich and full. Your fear hemorrhages deliciously within you.” This new adaptation restores the suspense and seduction of Bram Stoker’s classic novel to the stage. As Count Dracula begins to exert his will upon the residents of London, they try to piece together the clues of his appearances—in a valiant attempt to save themselves from a hideous fate. Rich with both humor and horror, this play paints a wickedly theatrical picture of Stoker’s famous vampire.
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Steven Dietz's thirty-plus plays and adaptations have been seen at over one hundred regional theatres in the United States, as well as Off-Broadway. International productions have been seen in over twenty countries and his work has been translated into ten languages. Recent world premieres include BLOOMSDAY (2016 Steinberg New Play Award Citation); THIS RANDOM WORLD (40th Humana Festival of New American Plays); and ON CLOVER ROAD (NNPN "rolling world premiere"). Other recent work includes RANCHO MIRAGE (Edgerton New Play Award), THE SHIMMERING, and AMERICAN LA RONDE. His two-theatre commission of companion plays for adult and young audiences—THE GREAT BEYOND and THE GHOST OF SPLINTER COVE—will premiere in 2019. A two-time winner of the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award (FICTION, STILL LIFE WITH IRIS), Dietz is also a two-time finalist for the American Theatre Critic's Steinberg New Play Award (LAST OF THE BOYS, BECKY'S NEW CAR). He received the PEN USA West Award in Drama for LONELY PLANET, and the 2007 Edgar Award® for Drama for SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE FINAL ADVENTURE. Other widely produced plays and adaptations include YANKEE TAVERN, JACKIE & ME, SHOOTING STAR, DRACULA, INVENTING VAN GOGH, GOD'S COUNTRY, PRIVATE EYES, and THE NINA VARIATIONS. Dietz taught in the graduate playwriting and directing program at UT/Austin for twelve years, and continues to work as a Dramatists Guild "Traveling Master," offering workshops and master classes around the country.