{"id":40792,"date":"2025-10-20T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/?p=40792"},"modified":"2025-10-16T12:46:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T17:46:35","slug":"theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre Program to Open \u201cDracula\u201d Thursday Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t
\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Halloween has a fun side and an eerie, spooky side. For those who lean toward the eerie side, the Kansas Wesleyan Theatre Department is presenting the dramatic version of \u201cDracula\u201d during Homecoming and the week after.<\/p>\n

Play times and dates are 7 p.m. Oct. 23, 24 and 31, and 2 p.m. Oct. 26 and Nov. 1 in Fitzpatrick Auditorium on the KWU campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cDracula\u201d is a classic story of horror, the quintessential exploration of good vs. evil that has inspired numerous filmmakers and theatre lovers to adapt the novel into screenplays and scripts, said Karen Babcock Brassea, director and KWU associate professor of Theatre Arts. This new adaptation by Steven Dietz restores the suspense and seduction of Bram Stoker\u2019s classic novel of the same name to the stage.<\/p>\n

The suspense and seduction of the story is one reason Brassea chose the play, despite avoiding the horror genre in general. This version will have blood and gore, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps it boils down to fascination and a challenge to express something outside my comfort zone,\u201d Brassea said of her choice.<\/p>\n

Admission to \u201cDracula\u201d is free of charge, courtesy of EyeCare Associates, and tickets can be reserved via a link at each showing on KWU\u2019s events page, www.kwu.edu\/events<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":40793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,293],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fine-arts","category-theatre"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTheatre Program to Open \u201cDracula\u201d Thursday Evening - Kansas Wesleyan University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Theatre Program to Open \u201cDracula\u201d Thursday Evening - Kansas Wesleyan University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kansas Wesleyan University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-20T15:35:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/KWU-467-Dracula-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1441\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"UGGA BUGGA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"UGGA BUGGA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/e90677b3c5a5134bf95098646f89807a\"},\"headline\":\"Theatre Program to Open \u201cDracula\u201d Thursday Evening\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-20T15:35:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/\"},\"wordCount\":7,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/KWU-467-Dracula-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Fine Arts\",\"Theatre\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/\",\"name\":\"Theatre Program to Open \u201cDracula\u201d Thursday Evening - Kansas Wesleyan University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/KWU-467-Dracula-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-20T15:35:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/KWU-467-Dracula-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/KWU-467-Dracula-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1441,\"caption\":\"Dracula logo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Theatre Program to Open \u201cDracula\u201d Thursday Evening\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/\",\"name\":\"www.kwu.edu\",\"description\":\"Discover The Power of AND at Kansas Wesleyan University!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Kansas Wesleyan University\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_KWU-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_KWU-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1472,\"height\":510,\"caption\":\"Kansas Wesleyan University\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/e90677b3c5a5134bf95098646f89807a\",\"name\":\"UGGA BUGGA\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfa6476b8cb7c01928c073748a310c6322a9450ea8b46fef3eafce91b29335f3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfa6476b8cb7c01928c073748a310c6322a9450ea8b46fef3eafce91b29335f3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"UGGA BUGGA\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Theatre Program to Open \u201cDracula\u201d Thursday Evening - Kansas Wesleyan University","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Theatre Program to Open \u201cDracula\u201d Thursday Evening - Kansas Wesleyan University","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/","og_site_name":"Kansas Wesleyan University","article_published_time":"2025-10-20T15:35:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1441,"url":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/KWU-467-Dracula-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"UGGA BUGGA","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/"},"author":{"name":"UGGA BUGGA","@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/e90677b3c5a5134bf95098646f89807a"},"headline":"Theatre Program to Open \u201cDracula\u201d Thursday Evening","datePublished":"2025-10-20T15:35:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/"},"wordCount":7,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/KWU-467-Dracula-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Fine Arts","Theatre"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/","name":"Theatre Program to Open \u201cDracula\u201d Thursday Evening - Kansas Wesleyan University","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/KWU-467-Dracula-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-20T15:35:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/KWU-467-Dracula-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/KWU-467-Dracula-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1441,"caption":"Dracula logo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/about\/news\/theatre-program-to-open-dracula-thursday-evening\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Theatre Program to Open \u201cDracula\u201d Thursday Evening"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/","name":"www.kwu.edu","description":"Discover The Power of AND at Kansas Wesleyan University!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#organization","name":"Kansas Wesleyan University","url":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_KWU-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2_KWU-logo.jpg","width":1472,"height":510,"caption":"Kansas Wesleyan University"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/e90677b3c5a5134bf95098646f89807a","name":"UGGA BUGGA","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfa6476b8cb7c01928c073748a310c6322a9450ea8b46fef3eafce91b29335f3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfa6476b8cb7c01928c073748a310c6322a9450ea8b46fef3eafce91b29335f3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"UGGA BUGGA"}}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-01-30 12:18:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40792"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40803,"href":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40792\/revisions\/40803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kwu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}