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"Fifth Third Bank's Dracula," adapted by John L. Balderston and Hamilton Deane from Bram Stoke, at Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Ky., through Oct. 31. Pictured: Regan Moro and Carter Caldwell. (Photo by Bill Brymer)
From headless horsemen to blood thirsty vampires, from witch prosecutions to murder trials, this week’s theatre offerings are spooky.
By American Theatre Editors
“Dr. Seward’s Dracula” by Joseph Zettelmaier, at First Folio Theatre in Chicago, through Nov. 6. Pictured: Elizabeth Stenholt and Christian Gray.
“Dracula: The Vampire Play,” adapted by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston from Bram Stoker, at Dallas Children’s Theater through Oct. 29. Pictured: Peter Sanchez and Sierra Stead. (Photo by Karen Almond)
“Fifth Third Bank’s Dracula,” adapted by John L. Balderston and Hamilton Deane from Bram Stoke, at Actors Theatre of Louisville in Louisville, Ky., through Oct. 31. Pictured: Regan Moro and Carter Caldwell. (Photo by Bill Brymer)
“Frankenstein,” adapted by Nick Dear from Mary Shelley, at Denver Center for the Performing Arts, through Oct. 30. Pictured: Kevin McGuire and Mark Junek. (Photo by AdamsVisCom)
“Goosebumps the Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium,” by John Maclay, Danny Abosch, and R.L. Stine, at Oregon Children’s Theatre in Portland, Ore., through Nov. 20. (Photo by Owen Carey/OCT)
“Skullduggery: The Musical Prequel to Hamlet” by Michael Shaw Fisher, at Sacred Fools Theater Company in Los Angeles, through Nov. 19. Pictured: Jeff Sumner, Matt Valle, and Cj Merriman. (Photo by Jessica Sherman Photography)
“Spookley the Square Pumpkin,” by Joe Troiano, Tom Hughes, and Jeffrey Zahn, at Stages Theatre Company in Hopkins, Minn., through Oct. 30.
“Sweeney Todd,” by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, at Long Beach Playhouse in Long Beach, Calif., through Nov. 12. Pictured: Carole Louise Duffis and Noah Wagner. (Photo by Michael Hardy Photography)
“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, at PlayMakers Repertory Theatre in Chapel Hill, N.C., through Nov. 6. (Photo by Jon Gardiner)
“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, at Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock, Ark., through Nov. 13. Pictured: Stephanie Lanbourn and Gracyn Mix. (Photo by John David Pittman)
“The Drowning Girls,” by Beth Graham, Daniela Vlaskalic, and Charlie Thomlinson, at Bag&Baggage in Hillsboro, Ore., through Oct. 31. Pictured: Autumn Buck, Jessi Walters, and Jessica Geffen. (Photo by Casey Campbell Photography)
“The Ghastly Dreadfuls,” by Jon Ludwig and Jason Hines, at Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, through Oct. 29.
“The Maids” by Jean Genet, at A Noise Within in Pasadena, Calif., through Nov. 6. Pictured: Donnla Hughes and Jaimi Paige. (Photo by Craig Schwartz)
“The Sleepy Hollow Experience” adapted by Brian Clowdus from Washington Irving, at Serenbe Playhouse in Chattahoochee Hills, Ga., through Nov. 6. (Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus)
“Titus Andronicus” by Shakespeare, at Kentucky Shakespeare Festival in Louisville, Ky., through Oct. 31. Pictured: Dathan Hooper, Jon Huffman, and Zachary Burrell Titus.
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