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Spotlight Santa Cruz – Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors at City Lights Theater
Use the Banana Slug alumni promo code "SLUGS" to purchase discounted tickets to City Lights Theater Company's October 4 performance of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, directed by UCSC alumna Caitlin Lawrence Papp (Crown '24, M.A. '25, theater arts).
Caitlin will be available to meet the UC Santa Cruz alumni in attendance at an afterparty hosted by City Lights where audience members are invited to check out the set up close, chat with the artists, and enjoy refreshments chosen in the spirit of the play.
ABOUT DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS
Take Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire story and mix it up in the style of Mel Brooks and Monty Python. You’ve got Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, a lightning-fast, gender-bending comedy featuring lots of wordplay and six actors playing over a dozen roles. Penned by veteran comedy writers Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen, this sexy sendup of the classic takes us from the English countryside to Dracula’s Transylvania castle. When her sister Mina is struck by a disease of the blood, Lucy Westfeldt and her fiancé enlist the help of female vampire hunter Doctor Jean Van Helsing. Could the answer lie with the dangerous—and seriously hot—Count Dracula?
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Caitlin Lawrence Papp (Crown '24, M.A. '25, theater arts) is a local actress, dramaturg, and director, excited to be back directing at City Lights Theater Company, where she also serves on the Board of Directors. She was recently in CLTC's production of Head Over Heels in the role of Gynecia. She previously directed Making God Laugh and several podcasts on the City Lights podcast channel, including Much Ado About Nothing. Some other directing credits include The Revolutionists, The Little Mermaid, Sound of Music, Annie, The Music Man, and The Addams Family.
ABOUT CITY LIGHTS THEATER COMPANY
Since 1982, City Lights Theater Company has been inspiring and challenging audiences with a host of plays and musicals, many of them fresh new works. The company’s downtown San Jose theater is a bustling space that attracts artists, educators, students, and playgoers alike.
TRANSYLVANIA AFTER DARK
Join the free virtual talkback "Transylvania After Dark" on October 7 at 7 p.m. where you can step behind the velvet curtain with director Caitlin Lawrence Papp (Crown '24, M.A. '25, theater arts) and members of the cast.
