Sept. 14-Oct. 31

Actors Theatre
316 W. Main St. • 584-1205
actorstheatre.org
$37+; various times

Vampires might be trendy these days, but they need to respect their Transylvanian elder. Randolph Curtis Rand returns as the Count, and though he’s been directing it since 1996, William McNulty, who also plays Van Helsing, is keeping it fresh. “Although the show hasn’t changed that much technically over the past five years,” he says, “people who have come back year after year usually remark on how different it is each time they see it. Even those of us who’ve been in it before rehearse and explore it as if it were brand new.” They’ll be hosting a blood drive with the Red Cross on Sept. 27(to feed the actors … just kidding) and having an after-show party on Sept. 29 — the Vampire Ball at Dracula’s Castle. Delicious. —Jane Mattingly