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I sup- pose mm we ve done But I hunk it would be c misnoma to call Droc. ula Cl horror story," says Scodron- Wattles. Theatre & Company‘s Gmsnc director Many people wondev why we’re domg Dracula. and when I ask mam why they oueshon n. their omwefs >eod me to Deheve rhey ve never read me Stoker now-I “The -'espor\se mat we've had mm church grows and Christians who hear that we're doing Dracula Hos been overwhelmingly mega we They have The some picture of Dracula mat everyone else does They see Bela Lugosi, may see Nos. ferom and they Think mo? this Carr no? be any good But fs 0 cknsic story of good versus evd . Scaihorr.Wt:gtt1es says me story of Dracula has so entered popular mm m Western society, mar me character vs known largely for the way he pomayea In film - as a hideous monsfer And while, yes, Me characfer of Dracula is Inher- 90W evil, there's more to the sfory man mood-soaked fangs. ‘Our adoptcm'on, Wthh IS written Dy a coupe of friends of Mine from San Diego COMOUWIC. Is based Quite solitSy on The S1oker nevel,‘ Scaerort-Wt:ytt1es says ‘Whot we four‘d I") me Stoker novel was romance and eroticism In the purest sense. I don’t mean porno- gloomc stuff, I mean erotic in the Q, to 40%" OFF bedroom suites - - v In my In. B so WEBER ST. NORTH . WATERLOO. 14642:: W m. STORE HOURS: Mon. _ Sat. 10 _ 5:30 pm. Thurs. ' Fri, IO . 9 p.m. m and " We also any mattresses a motion beds and” - GC,",'. élearance sate Muzzle“:- "We saw the Idea of the piague poisoning ttrough the exchange ot boditv tuds, end we dso saw a tas- clnatlon ma a tear of the unknown. especialy the torelm. which we're experiencing today in our society. So we saw a lot at thhgs that seem to be extremely oontemporuy to us. And this admtatlon brig; those out," he says. "So we’re very excited t2aoutlt,Wetthtwe'vetNtavety contemporary Dracda here.‘ While the story is erotic, Theatre & Company‘s adaptation of Dracula Is not sexudty exploit. it should be suitcble. SCot#ort-Wattitts says. for anyone who is "moderately com- tortdoie' wtth his or her sexudty. “They are going to see erotic love andltsresutts.Theyaregtmgtosee what happens when somebody fhaasortatA8trctfortht*owrttFaM- cotton. and what khd of md that perpetrates. There we peopie who are unct:xNtgtttle with that, but If we don’t do that, then we wouldn't be doing the story of Drocui ScodrtxtAhlatNs says. "lt's the some thing with the Christian diegory. If we)etttNrCMstkrntSegtxyout,we wouldn't be doing the story at Drac- Ga.' Since Theatre & Carmxany's pro duction ot Dracda orty runs tor two weeks, Scadcn-Watttes expects it will sail out quarry. Dracula opens Sept. 23 at the Water Street Theatre (h 10tt:hertet's King Value Centre), and runs Thurs- days ttrough Saturdays untt Oct. 8. A gda reception to celebrate Theatre & Company‘s 5th anniver- sary season (hciuded in ticket price) will totem the opeNr9right perfor- mance. Tickets are $15 or lea (pus GSO. hait price on Thursdays for students and seniors. Season subscriptions for all tour Theatre & Cornpmy produc- tions are avdicbie for $49. Upcom- ing productions include Alan Aycktxautrt's invisible Friends (Dec. 16 through Dec. 27), Patrick Friesen's The Raft (Feb. 17 through March d), and Jones and Schmidt's Phaemon (April 28 through May 13). For reser- vattom. call the Water Street The atrty box once at 571-0928. OKmBERliiErr Mmkhiruikidiy 9.6 Museum