Dracula

The Shelton Theater
533 Sutter St. San Francisco

Bram Stoker's Dracula took a piece of obscure folklore and created one of the most iconic monsters of all time. The mysterious and deadly Count Dracula has enthralled readers, movie audiences and theater-goers for more than 100 years and The Shelton Theater is continuing the trend with its new stage adaptation of the horror masterpiece. This fairly faithful retelling of the novel sweeps you back to the turn of the 20th century, where naive young solicitor Jonathan Harker travels from the enlightened modernity of London to a crumbling, remote castle in Transylvania. He finds himself unwittingly imprisoned in Dracula's castle, while the Count travels to England and turns his eye on Harker's loved ones, slowly taking over their lives. When Harker's friends and fiancee learn the truth, this unlikely group of heroes must band together to stop Dracula from inflicting his dark agenda on England.