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Counts and Cowboys and Bees (Oh My!)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Counts and Cowboys and Bees (Oh My!)<\/p>\n
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Brooklyn, NY\u00a0\u2014 Forget everything you think you know about the brooding, gothic Count. This summer, sinking your teeth into classic horror gets a whole lot funnier.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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For one twilight session only, theater lovers, comedy nerds, and genre fans are invited to an exclusive, high-energy staged reading of a hilarious new adaptation of\u00a0Dracula. This wild, fast-paced theatrical ride will take over DUMBO\u2019s premier creative storefront hotspot,\u00a0The Rat, on\u00a0Saturday, June 27, 2026, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM.<\/p>\n
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The Journey & The Party: Synthesizers, Sausages, and Bad Scheduling<\/p>\n
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This side-splitting reinvention kicks off at a chaotic Transylvania train station. We meet Jonathan Harker, an pathologically optimistic English solicitor who ignores blood-soaked warnings from frantic locals and hitches a ride straight into a trap. Instead of immediate doom, Jonathan finds himself held hostage by Count Dracula for the ultimate indignity: teaching the ancient vampire modern English “lingo” so he can successfully blend into London high society. Adding to the madness is Dracula\u2019s bizarre domestic life, shared with his vampire “roommates”\u2014Edwina, Broomhilda, and Keith (a totally normal, hypnotized guy who just handles the household scheduling).<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, across the pond in London, Dracula crashes a high-society debut gala. There, he tries to steal Harker\u2019s fianc\u00e9, Mina, while competing for the spotlight against Lucy Westenra\u2019s absurd trio of suitors: a high-born gentleman, a chaotic asylum director, and a literal, gun-toting American cowboy. Naturally, things end with an intense dance number, a loss of supernatural impulse control, and a classic neck-bite.<\/p>\n
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Act II escalates into absolute, brilliant lunacy. When Lucy falls ill with highly unusual symptoms like “itchy teeth,” the eccentric Professor Van Helsing is called in to orchestrate frantic, comedic blood transfusions. What follows is an international, multi-vehicle chase back to Transylvania featuring:<\/p>\n
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\n\tVampiric telepathy\u00a0and garlic-heavy fortresses.
\n\tEmotional warfare\u00a0inside an undead tomb.
\n\tMustard-seed combat, exploiting the vampire’s ancient, mythical psychological weakness: a compulsive need to stop and count them.
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It all culminates in a spectacular final showdown at the castle involving a silver sword, deep existential closure, and… a very important solitary bee.<\/p>\n
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The international cast includes Abdullah Naser\u00a0(Stella Adler Studios, Wraps & Co); Christian Camilo Diaz\u00a0(British Colombian Actor\/Producer,\u00a0Stella Adler Studios);\u00a0Liz Leimkuhler\u00a0(Atlantic Theater Company, The Gilded Age, Entirely From Memory);\u00a0Nellie Svensson\u00a0(Unseen, City Academy, \u201cSilver and Gold\u201d on British Channel 4); Patrick Troy-Brandt\u00a0(Actor\/Producer, Stella Adler Studios);\u00a0Sarah Lyddan\u00a0(Succession, Law & Order: SVU, Hartford Stage)<\/p>\n
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\n\tWHAT:\u00a0Dracula\u00a0\u2013 A New Romantic Comedy (Staged Reading)
\n\tWHEN: Sat., June 27, 2026 | 4 – 7:00 pm
\n\tWHERE: The Rat (Storefront Suite 117) | \ufeff
\n\t\ufeff68 Jay St, Brooklyn, NY\u00a0@theratnyc
\n\tADMISSION:\u00a0$10 (plus two drink suggested minimum.)
\n\tINFO & TICKETS ANNOUNCED SHORTLY
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SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED:\u00a0Because of the intimate, exclusive nature of The Rat\u2019s storefront lounge, tickets for this one-afternoon-only event are guaranteed to vanish faster than a vampire at sunrise. Grab your seats, prep your garlic, and get ready for a afternoon of pure theatrical joy.<\/p>\n
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