Dacre Stoker is the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker and the international best-selling co-author of Dracula the Un-Dead (2009), and Dracul (2018). Dacre is also the co-editor of The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: The Dublin Years (2012). He has published Stoker on Stoker Dracula Revealed (2022) a companion book to his informative audio visual presentations. In 2022 Dacre and Robert Eighteen Bisang published Dracula Annotated for the 125th Anniversary, a culmination of years of research, this version includes many of the passages edited out of the final Dracula typescript, including the first three chapters and the original ending.
Dacre has consulted and appeared in recent film documentaries about vampires in literature and popular culture. The Real Vampire Files (2010 History Channel), The Tillinghast Nightmare, (2014 Historical Haunts), Secrets of the Dead (2015 PBS), Mysteries at the Museum, (2017 Travel Channel) Legend Hunter (2019 Travel Channel) American Vampires (2022 Fox Nation).
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Thursday, Oct 3 | 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Location: Hot Shops Art Center
Host: Carrie Nath
All aboard for a fast-paced survey originating with actual vampire hysteria of the 1700’s in Europe through vampires in literature, on stage, movies, television, musicals, opera, and merchandise.
Friday, Oct 4 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: UNO Weber Fine Arts Building
Host: Carrie Nath
All aboard for a fast-paced survey originating with actual vampire hysteria of the 1700’s in Europe through vampires in literature, on stage, movies, television, musicals, opera, and merchandise.
Friday, Oct 4 | 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Location: BLUEBARN Lobby
Host: Carrie Nath
The inseparable connection between the historic Vlad Dracula III and fictional Count Dracula. Take a tour through both medieval and modern-day Romania investigating the fact and fiction surrounding Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. Book signing of Dacre’s co-authored Dracula the Un-Dead, the only sequel to Bram’s Dracula approved by the Stoker Estate to follow.
Friday, Oct 4 | 9:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Location: BLUEBARN Porchyard
Hosts: Todd Richardson, Carrie Nath
Throughout the Fall, BLUEBARN Director of Equitable Access, Carrie Nath, and Todd Richardson, Ph. D., professor of folk and historical literature and a member of the Goodrich Scholar Faculty, worked with Goodrich Scholars to explore the monsters of our current time. Gather around the bonfire out back to hear these chilling tales, inspired by Hillgren’s letter format. Sure to reach deep into your soul in the dead of night.
Wednesday, Oct 9 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: SARO Cider | 1012 S 10th St, Omaha, NE 68108
Hosts: Bill Grennan and Ben Beck
A spine-chilling evening of the most notorious specters and evil-doers! Where does Dracula’s fictional castle lie? What inspired Shelley to put Frankenstein on the slab? Which Victorian felon inspired the notorious Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? This, and more, will come to light – or should we say, reveal itself in the dark? Beware the night and brave the shadows for an evening of…what’s that?! I…AAAAAGGGGH!!!!
Ist Place team: 2 single tickets for Dracula & SARO Beanie and Brews
2nd Place team: $25 gift card to SARO Cider
Thursday, Oct. 10 | Directly following the show
Location: BLUEBARN Theatre
Moderator: Carrie Nath
Disability has a long and arduous history with depictions of horror on stage, the big screen, and in literature. Cast yourself into the fray as we discuss the stigmatization of disability through the horror genre and the prevalent examples of disability in one of literature’s most villainous monsters.
Featuring Guests: Adam Owsinski, Slavic folklore and research philosopher of Melbourne Australia; George Mihai, Romanian Scholar and Dramaturg; Kristin Walstad, Program Director, National Alliance for Mental Illness, Nebraska
Friday, Oct. 18 | Directly following the show
Location: BLUEBARN Theatre
Moderator: Carrie Nath
90 minutes, 38 pages, 13 creatives and 1 actor. A literal Tour de Force of Terror. How do they do it?
Join Aaron Zavitz and the production creatives to unearth the mysteries unfolding onstage. From wild wolf packs to sexy succubus – all the ravenous creatures of the night – we will bury ourselves in this tumultuous foray into the life of a bloodsucking fiend. Garlic, crucifix, and silver bullets optional.
Friday, Oct. 25 | Directly following the show
Location: BLUEBARN Theatre
Moderator: Jill Anderson
Featuring Guests: Jesse Wohlman, Bill Kirby
Sound is a very important element in theatre. How was it conceptualized and invented for “Dracula: The Journal of Jonathan Harker”? Jill Anderson, Jesse Wohlman, and Bill Kirby will discuss how they have created their vivid soundscape for this production. From recorded music and sound effects, driving live percussion, foley, vocal improvisation, and a dozen different “bells and whistles”, the story is brought to vivid and atmospheric life through sound. Don’t miss this fascinating discussion.
Featured Artist: Marc Manriquez
Curated by Josh Brown and Lallaya Lalley
BLUEBARN Mammel Lobby
The exhibit will be open to the public 45 minutes before each show and during box office hours, Monday-Friday 10 am-4 pm, in the BLUEBARN Lobby.
Oct 11 | 6:30 pm, before the 7:30 pm show
Please join us for a pre-show conversation with Josh and dear friends as they share stories in honor of their friend and artist, Marc Manriquez.
Book selection curated by our partner
Location: BLUEBARN Lobby
A collection of terrorizing tales and the stories that made them. Feminist witches, surviving the horror of queer conversion camps, Southern Vampire slayers and the only approved sequel to Stoker’s Dracula. There is plenty to keep you awake at night. Welcome to our literary lair – BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Payment accepted: Venmo