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THE STORY

"I have long followed the trail of the vampire," Professor Van Helsing tells us, "It lives on…for centuries…draining the blood…the life…from its victims, causing them also to become vampires. And this is our story.... The story of a small band of mortals who faced the most powerful vampire of them all."

It is1888 and, in Whitby, England, Lucy Westenra has fallen ill. Her fiancée, Dr. Jack Seward has brought her to his sanitarium and called in a 
battery of physicians, but her condition worsens. Desperate, Jack sends for Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, a specialist in obscure diseases. Van Helsing's visit coincides with that of Jonathan Harker and his wife, Mina, who had been Dr. Seward's nurse but resigned to care for Jonathan during a  recent illness after a trip abroad to Transylvania. Better now, Jonathan remarks that his law firm has purchased, for a Transylvanian client, the old Abbey next door to Dr. Seward's sanitarium.

The client's name is Count Dracula.

It was during his time in Transylvania that Jonathan Harker fell ill, although most of his memory of the visit appears to have been erased. R.M. Renfield, a resident at the asylum, appears to be completely mad, but Van Helsing thinks that there is more to Renfield than meets the eye. Despite all of Dr. Van Helsing's efforts, Lucy dies.

He now turns his attention to Harker. Van Helsing places Harker Under hypnosis where he remembers his time in Transylvania, and that Count Dracula is a supernatural monster.

Newspaper stories speak of a Lady in White haunting the Hampstead Heath, and Van Helsing reveals that this is he believes it is Lucy who is now one of Dracula's undead.  Dr. Seward, enraged, orders Van Helsing from his house. Later that evening, Van Helsing returns to the Sanitarium in search of his nemesis. Van Helsing discovers Dracula in the room with him. A struggle ensues as Seward and the Harkers enter. Dracula leaves through a window. At the same moment,  Renfield is discovered, broken and bloody, at the door. Before he dies, Renfield reveals his role in Dracula's plot, including the vampire's double life as Jack the Ripper in London. Renfield begs Van Helsing to save Mina, 
whom Dracula has begun to convert to vampirism.

In a final battle at Dracula's Abbey mansion, the final fight between good and evil begins.

DRACULA

The Radio play

by

Philip Grecian

​Adapted by Philip Grecian

Based on his own stage play and on the novel by Bram Stoker

​Produced by special arrangement with

THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois

SAS Performing Arts Company MAINSTAGE, Inc. introduces the brilliant talents of emerging artists, together with active professionals, in a  exciting array of wide-ranging repertoire.  SAS MAINSTAGE focuses its efforts to promote classic and contemporary plays, and American musical theater works by bringing them to audiences that might not have the opportunity to attend and enjoy live theater, thus enriching the community's cultural life. 

Our mainstage makes this intricate art form more accessible to our audience. During the COVID-19 pandemic we introduced many of our productions via live stream performances. Now in 2022, our company is utilizing both live and virtual performances.  We hope the exhilarating connection generated between the music, text, and drama becomes more immediate in an intimate, up-close environment. We are a home for performances of acknowledged masterpieces as well as the rarely performed works that deserve a more extensive hearing. Also you can relive many of our virtual productions on our website at mainstage memories (www.sasperformingarts.com/mainstagevideo)

Participants from our Dramatic Arts Studio are considered for roles in these productions, which will enable them to perform and perfect their craft.