Columbia College Chicago Theatre alums are in the cast and creative team of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, presented by the Lazy Susan Theatre Co. February 5 through 22 at the Greenhouse Theater Center, located at 2257 N. Lincoln in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. “Loosely based” on Bram Stoker’s classic horror story, the play puts a comic spin on the familiar tale of a vampire nobleman. Student discounts are available. For tickets, click here.
Matthew Masino
Nealie Tinlin
The show is directed by Columbia College alum Matthew Masino ’19, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s Theatre Directing Program with a Minor in Arts Management. Masino is also the executive director of Lazy Susan Theatre Co. Columbia College alum Nealie Tinlin ’22, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BFA Program in Acting, is the show’s assistant director and Lazy Susan’s co-artistic director.
Jacob Gage
Hannah Loessberg
The show’s cast includes Columbia College Theatre alums Jacob Gage ‘ 22, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA Program in Comedy Writing and Performance, who plays the role of Jonathan Harker, and Hannah Loessberg ’23, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BFA Program in Acting with a Minor in Playwriting, who understudies the role of Count Dracula and is also Lazy Susan Theatre Co.’s co-artistic director.
Amina Gilbert
Celine Berger
Emily Stipetic
Jacob Sousley
Pierce Howard
The show’s production team includes Columbia College Theatre alums Amina Gilbert ’23, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s Theatre Directing program, and Celine Berger ’25, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BFA Program in Acting, as well as current Stage Management Program student Emily Stipetic and former student Jacob Sousley. They are the show’s lighting designer, assistant lighting designer, assistant stage manager, and production stage manager respectively. Columbia College Theatre alum Pierce Howard ’22, a graduate of the Theatre Program’s BA Program in Acting, is Lazy Susan Theatre’s managing producer.
Michael Van Bodegom-Smith
In addition, the show’s musical score is composed by Columbia College alum Michael Van Bodegom-Smith, a graduate of the Music Program‘s music composition program.
The show won a rave from BroadwayWorld reviewer Misha Davenport, who wrote: “Director Matthew Masino’s production of playwrights Gordon Greenberg and Steven Rosen’s gender-bending farce of gothic horror Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is a 90 minute delight.” And Entertaining Chicago’s reviewer wrote: “An outrageous comedy with a fearlessly silly cast, Dracula: A Comedy Of Terrors . . . will have you rolling with laughter. . . . With bit after bit reminiscent of Saturday Night Live sketches crossed with Scooby Doo episodes, . . . this is a different kind of Dracula story. Garlic, blood, bats, and stakes through the heart each make an appearance, but this story is a little sexier and much funnier.”
