We Happy Few to Stage DRACULA This October

We Happy Few will present Bram Stoker's DRACULA as the next installment of its Classics in Action series.

Experience this nightmarish achievement of storytelling as it propels you through the memorandum, newspaper clippings, and diary pages of a frantic vampire hunt. With faithful adherence to Stoker's text, immersive staging, and chilling, terrifying (and of course silly) performances, we bring the audience into the heart of DRACULA's conflict: the intersection of predator and prey.

Listen to them - the children of the night. What music they make. You dwellers in the city cannot enter into the feelings of the hunter.

DRACULA is set to electrify a variety of performance spaces across the DC Metro area. After a soft opening at The Shed, a house show/gallery space in NE in mid September, We Happy Few (WHF) is set to perform DRACULA at Otis Street Arts Project on October 14, The Southeast Library on October 26, and Capitol Hill Arts Workshop on October 30. In addition to our DC run, Dracula will also make the trek down to Durham, NC to appear at SPECTRE Arts. DRACULA is a family-friendly show, and kids are welcome at all performances.

Robert Pike (HENRY V, CHALK) will direct a cast of four DC actors and artists in DRACULA. The production features Kerry McGee (A MIDNIGHT DREARY, THE WINTER'S TALE), Jon Reynolds (A MIDNIGHT DREARY, CHALK), Grant Cloyd (BROTHER MARIO: Flying V) and Meg Lowey. The four actors will take on numerous roles, musical instruments, and shadow puppets over the course of the fast-paced, hour-long theatrical experience.

Founded in 2012 by Hannah Todd and Raven Bonniwell, We Happy Few is committed to presenting productions that offer a unique perspective on classic texts. We Happy Few has established itself as one of Washington D.C.'s best small theatre companies (the DCist, 2015) by nurturing a creative environment that thrives on ensemble collaborations with some of the nation's most promising emerging theatre artists.
WHF's flagship production of a six actor, 90-minute HAMLET premiered at the 2012 Capital Fringe Festival to great acclaim, exploring the idea that the entire play unfolded in the title character's mind. WHF's production of HENRY V last spring was hailed as "a fascinating, resonant, and important new take on a known work" (Broadway World). DC Metro Theater Arts declared that We Happy Few's work is "a new approach to Shakespeare you will not want to miss."

DRACULA is the second production in our Classics In Action series, a program that is devoted to bringing classic literature to life as theatrical experiences. By allowing the audience to join in aspects of the performance, transforming nontraditional spaces, and offering drink pairings specially tailored to each story, we hope to turn a novel into a night to remember. We Happy Few kicked off their Classics In Action series last year with A MIDNIGHT DREARY, an evening of three Edgar Allan Poe stories that kept the audience moving through multiple spaces as the stories unfolded. Look for an encore one- evening performance of A MIDNIGHT DREARY at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop on November 20.

IF YOU GO:

DRACULA

Performances are:
October 14 at 8pm at Otis Street Arts Project: 3706 Otis St. Mount Rainier, MD
October 26 at 7pm at the Southeast Library: 403 7th St. SE *This is a Free Performance
October 30 at 7pm at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop: 545 7th St. SE*This performance features a special $5 children's ticket price

Links to tickets to the Otis Street and CHAW performances are available at www.wehappyfewdc.com/dracula.

Further details about the productions can be found on our website www.wehappyfewdc.com. Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ WeHappyFewProductions, Twitter @WeHappyFewDC and Instagram @WeHappyFewDC for behind-the-scenes information about this show.

Photo Credit: Mark Williams Hoelscher

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