Dracula - A Comedy of Terrors

Dracula - A Comedy of Terrors opens at Austin Community College Highland Campus on Friday, October 16, and runs through November 1. It's a 90-minute, gender-bending reimagining of Bram Stoker's gothic classic, written by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen and directed by Jamie Rogers. The show flips the original story on its head, among other things by making the vampire hunter a woman, and the authors describe the result as if Stoker's tale had been blended with Mel Brooks, Monty Python and The 39 Steps.

It's built on clever wordplay and anything-goes pop-culture references, so it's more of a comedy than a horror story. The production is staged by the ACC drama department, and the cast is small: five actors double across more than a dozen roles, which means you'll see them switching characters throughout the show. All ticket sales go to the ACC Drama and Dance Scholarship Fund.

Performances run Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM. Student performances run October 23-25. The show is rated for mature audiences, and ASL interpreting is available. You'll find it at the HLC2 Black Box Theater on the second floor of Highland Campus Building 2000, 6101 Airport Drive, Austin, TX 78752.