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Theater Picks: Theatre in the Park opens ‘Dracula’ on Friday


Ira David Wood IV in Theatre in the Park’s production of “Dracula.”
Ira David Wood IV in Theatre in the Park’s production of “Dracula.”

Raleigh’s Theatre in the Park starts the Halloween season off early with its production of “Dracula,” beginning Friday. Artistic director Ira David Wood III has adapted the Bram Stoker novel; Ira David Wood IV plays the fabled vampire.

7:30 p.m. Sept. 11-12, 17-19 and 25-26; 3 p.m. Sept. 13, 20, 27. $22 (seniors, students and military $16). 831-6058 or theatreinthepark.com.

Other highlights

  • Chicago-based theater company, Manual Cinema, presents “Mementos Mori” in Duke’s Shaefer Theater Friday night, combining paper puppets and live actors on camera, projected on three screens. Details at theaterstudies.duke.edu.
  • Paperhand Puppet Intervention brings its highly praised production, “A Drop in the Bucket,” to the N.C. Museum of Art’s outdoor stage this weekend. Details at ncartmuseum.org. 

This story was originally published September 10, 2015 at 11:00 AM with the headline "Theater Picks: Theatre in the Park opens ‘Dracula’ on Friday."

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