Tim Treanor took his storytelling to the stage with Dracula. A Love Story, part of Capital Fringe, 2014.
Among the bogeymen on the fringes of human consciousness, Dracula stands alone. Frankenstein, Godzilla, and werewolves inhabit our nightmares. Dracula is the gleaming demon of our dreams.
The other monsters look out at us with animal rapaciousness and subhuman intellect. Dracula fixes us with a cool gaze. He is older than us, more powerful, profoundly more intelligent.
He loves with the force of gravity.
He loves with his whole being, and demands unconditional love in return.
He promises eternal life, and calls upon us to drink his blood.
This is not how men love. This is how God loves. This is rapture.
Welcome to the world of the play.
Dracula, street name Vlad Tepes, is alive and flourishing in Washington, DC.
The rapacious predator feels right at home among K Street lobbyists. For dinner, he dines on fresh kills provided by his butler Renfield.
Dracula has one problem: his beloved bride, Mina, is dying and his sights are set on Lucy, a beautiful but bored graduate student.
Dracula’s nemesis is the scientist Eva Calderone, a fiery vampire killer. “He is the prince of liars. Don’t swim in his bullshit!” she warns.
A tragic unexpected twist reminds us that the play is a love story.
Dracula . A Love Story
by Tim Treanor
Capital Fringe production was directed by Christopher Henley and Jay Hardee
featured
Joe Brack*, Brian Crane, Christine Hirrel, Carolyn Kashner,
Lynn Sharp Spears, Josh Speerstra
and Lee Ordeman* as Dracula
* Members Actors Equity Association
Set/Props Design: Lynn Sharp Spears .
Sound Design: Neil McFadden .
Lighting design: Colin Dieck .
Stage Manager: Alike Codispoti