Show Dates:
October 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, November 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19
Show Times:
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 2 pm (Doors open 1 hour before show time; seating 1/2 hour before show time.)
Ticket Prices:
October 21: Gala Opening with complimentary wine and hors d'ouerves – no extra charge for season ticket holders!
$25 – All Seats
All other performances:
$18 – Regular
$15 – Senior/Student/Military
$15 per person – Groups of 10 or more
Co-Directors:
Corrina Smith & Debbie Baumann
Stage Manager:
Krisi Pilkington
Cast:
Melissa – Karla Bunter
Lydia – Jessica MacMillan
Lady Harwood – Rose Marie Sweeney
Mrs. Kent – Joanna Bourne
Aubrey – Hayden Scott
Lord Ruthven – Marcus Magdaleno
Bones – Gabriel Frey
Durward Lennox – Robert Silva
Artemas Corso – Mark Mautner / Brooklyn Santiago
Tess – Mary Ewart
Constance Holstein – Patte Quinn
Roger Holstein – Bob Kays
Synopsis:
Lord Ruthven, a charming but vicious vampyre with a taste for gambling, gains the confidence of Aubrey, a weak-willed young man who is dazzled by Ruthven's worldliness and urbanity. Through him Ruthven gains entrance to the stately country home of Aubrey's aunt, the rich but sharp-tongued Lady Harwood. As he draws Aubrey ever more deeply into debauchery and debt, the others try to loosen his hold on the impressionable youth, but to no avail. Before the evil Ruthven has "sated his thirst," murder, terror and mounting excitement rule the stage. None of the pretty young women in the household (Lydia, Melissa and Constance) are able to resist his sinister charm, nor can any of the men defeat him. Eventually Lord Ruthven claims Aubrey's all-too-willing sister as his bride, despite the growing, and well-founded, fears of the others that her very life may be in danger. Filled with those "penny dreadful" elements that audiences love—chills, thrills and black humor—this lively adaptation is both simple to produce and filled with well-balanced roles and climaxed with a final scene which is truly startling and electrifying.
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