**SWFL PREMIERE**

SHOW INFO - Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors

By Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen

A fun twist on the classic story of Dracula, with blood and vampires, and mixed with the comedy of Mel Brooks and Monty Python. Filled with quick changes and quicker wordplay, this gender-bending romp features five actors who play over a dozen roles!

“Sexy and campy...I didn’t stop laughing for 90 straight minutes....You don’t want to miss this campy and vampy production.” – Forbes

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS

Actor 1          Harker/Suitors/Bosun/Gravedigger.

Actor 2          Dr. Westeldt/Renfield/Captain

Actor 3          Lucy/Kitty/Driver

Actor 4          Older male to play females Mina/Van Helsing

Actor 5         Sexy male to play Dracula

Dracula:        (Commanding European dialect) Hugely sexy, magetically handsome, rock star presence with a killer body, he is a narcissist whose greatest love is himself - and his leather pants. Bored with women falling all over him, he becomes obsessed with Lucy when he hears of her strength and adventurousness. The less she needs him, the more interested he is. He travels to Whitby to find her and make her his bride for eternity.

Jonathan Harker:      (RP British dialect), prim and proper and obsessive-compulsive real estate agent, frightened of his own shadow. Engaged to his childhood crush Lucy Westfeldt and enamored of her fearlessness. Once bitten, he loosens up..a lot...and becomes a Tom Jones-style rock star in leather pants.

Lucy Westfeldt: (RP British dialect) Brilliant plucky earth scientist daughter of Dr. Westfeldt, she is full of energy and the spirit of adventure and often underestimated because of her beauty. Engaged to Jonathan, but when Dracula moves to Whitby, she is curious about his strange ways and impressed by their similar interests. 

Mina Westfeldt: (RP British dialect) The less attractive, less intelligent Westfeldt daughter, she lives in her sister Lucy's shadow and is desperate for attention. She is immediately (pathetically) receptive to Dracula's charms.

Dr. Van Helsing: (German dialect ala Mel Brooks): Brilliant and sturdy German vampire-hunting doctor from the University of Schmutz. Deadly serious in the way Germans can be, she is accustomed to people not believing she is a real doctor. Strong, shmart, unt bold, she is a woman of action. 

Renfield : (Cockney dialect and salivary issues): Insane patient of Dr. Westfeldt who lives to serve and loves to eat bugs. In a word, the dude is nuts.

Kitty : (Cockney dialect): A dotty, kleptomaniac patient of Dr. Westfeldt's, she serves as a maid in his house. Think Mrs. Lovett but servile and easily distracted. 

Lord Cavendish: (Scottish dialect): Lucy's suitor, a Scottish dolt. 

Lord Windsor: (RP British dialect) Lucy's suitor, posh, British, and petulant. 

Lord Havemercy: (Elvis dialect) Lucy's arrogant suitor from Memphis, ala Elvis. 

Driver: (Eastern European or Russian dialect) The male, Transylvanian driver of the carriage carrying Jonathan to Dracula's castle and tries to warn him. Borat meets Boris and Natasha. 

Captain: (Sea Captain dialect) The salty captain of a doomed ship caught in a raging storm. 

Bosun: (Irish dialect) The scurvy seaman who goes down with the ship in a storm. 

Gravedigger: (Cockey dialect) A drunk gravedigger with a secret.

REHEARSALS, TECH WEEKS & SHOWS

Rehearsals will start in mid-August 

TECH WEEK is Oct. 3 - Oct 15

PERFORMANCE DATES: October 16 & 17  (half-price preview nights), with opening night on October 18th and through November 9th.

Audition Requirements: Please prepare a 90-second comedic monologue.

Intimacy and fight disclosure.

**SWFL PREMIERE**

SHOW INFO - Christmas with the Crawfords

Created by Richard Winchester. Written by Mark Sargent

Based on the actual 1949 Christmas Eve radio broadcast from Joan Crawford’s mansion, this musical parody boasts appearances by Carmen Miranda, Hedda Hopper, Ethel Merman, Gloria Swanson, and more! This hilarious cast will spread unconventional and delightful Christmas cheer! 

“Christmas With The Crawfords puts the fun back in dysfunctional…” - BroadwayWorld

CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS:

All of the characters are BROAD interpretations of actual celebrities

While most of the characters are women, several can be played by any gender

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Joan Crawford:   Domineering actress of the 1940's  "Mommie Dearest"

Tina and Christopher Crawford: - Joan's adopted children

Jane: - Joan's assistant

Patty, Maxine, and Laverne Andrews:  - A popular singing trio of the 1940s

Hedda Hopper:  - A Hollywood reporter/gossip columnist

Judy Garland:  - Famous tipsy singer/actress

Gloria Swanson: - Glamourous silent screen actress

Mae West: - Bawdy actress sexpot comedienne

Carmen Miranda: -  Brazilian singer-actress known for her fruit headdress

Ethel Merman: - Broadway diva with a distinct and powerful voice

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REHEARSALS, TECH WEEKS & SHOWS

Rehearsals start on October 21st. 

Tech Week is late November - December 5

PERFORMANCE DATES: December 4 & 5 (half-price previews). The show opens on December 6th and runs to December 22nd. 

Audition Requirements: 

Please prepare a one-to-two-minute comedic monologue and a one-to-two-minute jazz standard or show tune. 

Intimacy and fight disclosure.