By Steven Dietz
Adapted from the novel
by Bram Stoker
Directed by Dany Vilchez
For the final show of 2003, HSC decided to produce another classic story just in time for Halloween, Dracula. Using the stage adaptation by Steven Dietz, this version of the Dracula's story followed more closely to Bram Stoker's original novel than other previous film or stage adaptations. Over the year's many incarnations of the famous count from Bela Lugosi to Christopher Lee have played so fast and furious with the characters and basic story, that Stoker's powerful original vision has often been overlooked. Who Dracula pursues when he gets to England? Which character is courting whom? One of the mainstays of current Vampire pop culture is the destruction of the vampire when exposed to daylight. A touch not known in the original work but that was added later by the silent film classic Nosferatu. In the original material, Stoker only notes that the undead remain powerless and incapacitated during the day. Some die hard horror fans, who thought they knew the basic story and who saw our production, noted the "new changes" in some story elements and characters. They were even more surprised to know that these weren't new changes but the author's original story.
Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre - Jersey City, NJ
Hackensack Cultural Arts Center, Hackensack, NJ
Cast
Dany Vilchez Attendent #1
Alain Aguilar Attendent #2
Jennifer Short Mina Murray
Saluda Camp Lucy Westenra
John Trigonis Jonathan Harker
Carlos R. Fernandez Dr. John Seward
Count Dracula Jared Reinmuth
Nicole Clavell Vixen # 1/Maid
Christine Zappella Vixen # 3
Van HelzingJon Ciccarelli
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