The Classical Theatre Company opens up its 17th Season with the master of Gothic horror, Bram Stoker, in a brand-new adaptation of his masterpiece, Dracula. Adapted by frequent Classical Theatre Company collaborator, Chris Iannacone, this script will hearken back to the original 1897 novel.

The story follows a lawyer, Jonathan Harker, as he travels to the Carpathian Mountains to visit Count Dracula in his castle to help him purchase a home near London. While there, Harker observes strange and terrible goings on in the castle. The Count then abandons his home and Harker to travel to England. Upon his arrival, Dracula begins to stalk the land as a bloodsucking vampire, picking off some close to Harker. Included among them is his fiancée, Mina Murray. Jonathan Harker, after much trial and tribulation, returns to England, where he and his comrades begin the hunt for the Count. Their travails take them from London back to Romania and the climactic battle in the shadow of Castle Dracula. Audiences will be on the edge of their seats for this Gothic tale.

Directed by Blake Weir, who most recently assistant directed The School for Scandal and The War of the Worlds for Classical Theatre Company. He last appeared on the CTC stage when he portrayed Marius/Radius/Primus in R.U.R.