Krannert Center at the Virginia: Illinois Theatre presents Dracula, a Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really

In Kate Hamill’s delightful, action-rich reimagining of the Bram Stoker classic Dracula, it’s a few spunky and skillful women who drive the action. Careening from horror to hilarity, from blood-stained castles to pristine English drawing rooms, Hamill’s heroines skewer monstrosities and outmoded ideals of femininity along the way. With plenty of jump scares, blood spatters, and spooky stuff, this revenge isn’t just fantasy. It may empower us all to fight back against the monsters we face. And it’s fun – really.

This production includes simulated violence, blood and vomit effects, mild profanity, references to and themes of sexual assault, implied suicide by hanging, references to and themes of domestic abuse, use of knives and wooden stakes as weapons, and other adult materials.