The Martin City Melodrama & Vaudeville Company’s latest production, Dracula, or, Love Bites!© runs through May 5. A “Fang-In-Cheek” look at the wackiest overbite in the history of the English countryside, Dracula conjures up all the fast-paced shenanigans, side-splitting laughter, and never-ending good times you always see on the Martin City stage. Directed by Artistic Director Jeanne Beechwood, Dracula features veteran Martin City performers Jeanne Beechwood, Patrick Reynolds, and Dianne Brown, along with Martin City newcomers Mindy Moritz and Cody Goeppner. Following the melodrama is another brand new original vaudeville revue, Rollickin’ Romance!, a tribute to falling in love—all kinds!
In Martin City’s always creative spin on the vampire story, Count Dracula is the artistic director of the Lugosi Performing Arts Center. The Count has a leading lady, Mina Harker, ready to star in his newest production, but it seems all of the community theater actors who audition for the male lead keep on disappearing, right after a closed rehearsal with their toothy director! It is up to Mina’s fiancé, Jonathan Harker, paralegal and garlic salesman extraordinaire, to put a stop to the Count’s backstage antics! Following the melodrama, spring is in the air with the original vaudeville revue, Rollickin’ Romance! Whether you are young or old, why not take a chance on love again? If the love of your life is birds, or bees, educated fleas, tap dancing, a piano or even Charlie the Wonder Dog, this vaudeville revue will capture your heart with song and dance parodies and puns. With original lyrics by Jeff Behan lighting up the stage, you don’t want to miss Martin City’s latest send-up of all things romantic in Rollickin’ Romance!
Dracula, or, Love Bites! and Rollickin’ Romance!© will be presented in Martin City Melodrama’s theatre space at 9601 Metcalf, in the Metcalf South Shopping Center in Overland Park, Kansas. The theater is located on the lower level of the mall, with a convenient mall entrance facing Metcalf Avenue.
For more information on performance dates or ticket prices, call the theater box office at (913) 642-7576.
