Dracula: Mina’s Quest

by Steven Dietz

Directed by Lacey Oleson-Rinehart

Drama/Thriller

2024 Show Dates: Oct 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27 & 31

Doors open 30 minutes prior to showtime. All shows take place in the Studio Theatre (black box theatre) upstairs at CAT.

The play is not recommended for children. Contains adult themes and content, onstage violence, death.

Season tickets (5 shows) available at a discount by calling the box office at 403-967-1769.

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About Dracula: Mina’s Quest by Steven Dietz

Adapted from the novel by BRAM STOKER

This spirited variation of Steven Dietz’s widely-produced adaptation moves Dracula’s intended bride, Mina Murray, to the very center of the story. While retaining all the theatrical elements and narrative sweep of his original, Dietz makes Mina the primary detective in a mystery that targets her soul as the Count’s ultimate goal.

About the Playwright

Steven Dietz's thirty-plus plays and adaptations have been seen at over one hundred regional theatres in the United States, as well as Off-Broadway. International productions have been seen in over twenty countries and his work has been translated into ten languages. Recent world premieres include BLOOMSDAY (2016 Steinberg New Play Award Citation); THIS RANDOM WORLD (40th Humana Festival of New American Plays); and ON CLOVER ROAD (NNPN "rolling world premiere"). Other recent work includes RANCHO MIRAGE (Edgerton New Play Award), THE SHIMMERING, and AMERICAN LA RONDE. His two-theatre commission of companion plays for adult and young audiences—THE GREAT BEYOND and THE GHOST OF SPLINTER COVE—will premiere in 2019. A two-time winner of the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award (FICTION, STILL LIFE WITH IRIS), Dietz is also a two-time finalist for the American Theatre Critic's Steinberg New Play Award (LAST OF THE BOYS, BECKY'S NEW CAR). He received the PEN USA West Award in Drama for LONELY PLANET, and the 2007 Edgar Award® for Drama for SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE FINAL ADVENTURE. Other widely produced plays and adaptations include YANKEE TAVERN, JACKIE & ME, SHOOTING STAR, DRACULA, INVENTING VAN GOGH, GOD'S COUNTRY, PRIVATE EYES, and THE NINA VARIATIONS. Dietz taught in the graduate playwriting and directing program at UT/Austin for twelve years, and continues to work as a Dramatists Guild "Traveling Master," offering workshops and master classes around the country.

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