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September 20 – November 3, 2024
(Opening night: Thursday, September 26)
Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
Conrad Prebys Theatre Center
West Coast premiere
By Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen
Directed by Gordon Greenberg
Celebrate Halloween with a new side-splitting adventure based on Bram Stoker’s classic tale that’s sure to induce blood-curdling screams—of laughter! Famed vampire hunter Jean Van Helsing and her motley crew chase Count Dracula around the English countryside in a madcap race to save his innocent victims. Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen return to The Old Globe following their wildly popular Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show! and Crime and Punishment, A Comedy. Filled with their signature imaginative staging, irreverent farce, and special effects, this hilarious scarefest is the perfect way to get spooky this season!
This production includes heavy strobe lighting, mild language, mild violence, and mature themes.
Cast and Creatives Announcement and Second Extension Press Release
more info
Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminar: Tuesday, September 24 at 6:00 p.m.
LGBTQIA+ Theatre Night: Friday, October 4 at 6:30 p.m.
Open-Caption Performance: Saturday, October 12 at 2:00 p.m.
Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors is supported by lead production sponsors Karen and Donald Cohn Fund for Emerging Artists; major production sponsors Karen and Stuart Tanz, Sheryl and Harvey White; production sponsors Jules and Michele Arthur, Elaine and Dave* Darwin, Pamela J. Wagner and Hans Tegebo, Vicki and Carl Zeiger; and artist sponsors Dr. William and Evelyn Lamden (for George Krissa as Dracula), Carol and George Lattimer (for playwrights Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen), and Jean and Gary Shekhter (for Gizel Jiménez as Lucy).
Gordon Greenberg (Co-Writer, Director) The Old Globe: Crime and Punishment, A Comedy, Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show, The Heart of Rock & Roll, Working. Broadway: The Heart of Rock and Roll (James Earl Jones Theatre), Holiday Inn (also co-writer; Roundabout/Studio 54, PBS’s “Great Performances”). Off Broadway: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors (New World Stages), Jacques Brel (Zipper Theater; Drama Desk Award nomination), Working (59E59; Drama Desk Award); curator at Ars Nova. London: Guys and Dolls starring Rebel Wilson (Savoy Theatre, Phoenix Theatre; six Olivier Award nominations), The Baker’s Wife, Barnum (Menier Chocolate Factory). Toronto: Piaf/Dietrich (Mirvish; Dora Award for Outstanding Production). Regional: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Geffen Playhouse; LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Revival); Williamstown, Huntington, Chichester, Paper Mill, Signature, Goodspeed, Chicago Shakes, NY Stage and Film. Television: “Most Talkative” (co-creator; NBCUniversal TV/Andy Cohen/Blumhouse). Education: Stanford, NYU Film, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Steve Rosen (Co-Writer) The Old Globe: Crime and Punishment, A Comedy, Ebenezer Scrooge’s BIG San Diego Christmas Show, Killing Time (Play-at-Home commission). Additional co-writing/composing credits: The Griswolds’ Broadway Vacation (co-book, music, lyrics), The Other Josh Cohen (co-book, music, lyrics), The Secret of My Success (co-book), the podcast “Rolling Calls” (Broadway Podcast Network), Off Broadway variety show Don’t Quit Your Night Job, 2024 Drama Desk Awards ceremony. Award nominations: five Drama Desks, two Lucille Lortel Awards, an Off-Broadway Alliance Award, a Joseph Jefferson Award. Education: NYU/Tisch. He is also an actor. @stevierosen.
Tijana Bjelajac (Scenic Design) Los Angeles–based, international set designer and visual artist; works include set designs, paintings, installations, and sculptures. The Old Globe: Cabaret. Selected credits: Fiddler on the Roof (The Muny), Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors (Capital Rep, Off Broadway), The Little Mermaid (Sierra Rep), Cabaret (Asolo Rep), Beauty and the Beast (Misi Productions, Colombia), Othello (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), My Fair Lady (New Harmony). As associate designer: The Magic Flute (Opera Australia), The Egyptian Helen (Teatro alla Scala), Little Shop of Horrors (Westside Theatre). Honors: Kahn Award, BroadwayWorld Awards for Best Scenic Design. teeyana.com, @tijanabjelajac on Instagram.
Tristan Raines (Costume Design) The Old Globe: debut. Designed Off Broadway, regionally, and internationally for 16 years. Selected credits: Virgin Voyages, Syfy Channel, La Jolla Playhouse, Barrow Street Theatre, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Big League Tours, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Troika Tours, Kaleidoscope Immersive, Center Theatre Group, Bucks County Playhouse, The Muny, Celebrity Cruise Line, Signature Theatre DC, New York Theatre Ballet, Norwegian Cruise Line, Cirque Musica, New World Stages, Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Other: member of United Scenic Artists, tenure-track faculty at Emerson College. tristanraines.com, @tsbs17 on Instagram.
Rob Denton (Lighting Design) Credits: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors, The Jerusalem Syndrome (Off Broadway), In the Heights, Dreamgirls, Anything Goes (The Muny), The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Complicated Woman (Goodspeed Musicals), Lizzie: The Musical, Fun Home (TheaterWorks) Baskerville (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Jersey Boys, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park). Upcoming: Disney’s Frozen (Matlz Jupiter Theatre). @rdentexdesign.
Victoria Deiorio (Original Music and Sound Design) The Old Globe: debut. Off Broadway: Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors, pen.man.ship, Nine Circles, A Christmas Carol, Two Point Oh, The Bluest Eye, others. Regional productions: Oregon Shakespeare, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf, Syracuse Stage, Indiana Rep, Gulfshore Playhouse, many others. DePaul University in Chicago: built and headed the sound design program, composed and designed for 35 years. Honors: 15 Jeff Award nominations (seven wins), SALT Award. bio.site/VictoriaDeiorio.
Geoff Josselson, CSA (Casting) The Old Globe: Camp David. Broadway: Spamalot, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods (Artios Award), The Velocity of Autumn. Off Broadway: Cellino v. Barnes, Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors, Altar Boyz, Southern Comfort, Yank! Select New York/regional companies: Arena Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Baltimore Center Stage, Irish Repertory Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Long Wharf Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Studio Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Signature Theatre, Village Theatre, York Theatre Company. josscasting.com.
Heather M. Brose (Production Stage Manager) The Old Globe: Shakespeare: Call and Response (as ASM). Recent: The Little Prince (European tour), Water by the Spoonful, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center), 13 seasons including In the Heights (SD Rep), Million Dollar Quartet, Noises Off, Big Fish, American Rhythm, West Side Story (Lamb’s Players), The Little Fellow, The Great Leap, Pageant, A Behanding in Spokane, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, It’s a Wonderful Life, Private Lives (Cygnet), Jin vs the Beach, Alice Chan (La Jolla Playhouse), Salome and the Father directed by Estelle Parsons, starring Al Pacino and Dianne Wiest (Actors Studio), Stephen Sondheim’s 70th Birthday Bash (Hollywood Bowl). Other: Actors’ Equity member, Western At-Large Councilor.
