Theater to sink your teeth into

Do you feel the shadows creeping? The days getting shorter? A chill in the air? Okay, maybe not so much with that last one, but all the same, spooky season is in full swing. All around the Bay, there’s plenty of ways you can celebrate, from corn mazes and pumpkin patches to haunted houses and immersive scary movie drag parodies. But as theater fans, we can’t think of a better way to celebrate than with a story told on stage—like a new take on a familiar favorite in Steven Dietz’s adaptation of Bram Stoker’s horror classic, Dracula.

On stage at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley through November 1, this production promises, per its content warning, “fog/smoke effects, loud sounds, bright/flashing lights, onstage depiction of death… and lots and LOTS of blood.” In other words, it sounds like a great excuse to get a little—or maybe even a lot—spooked. — Shaun

On the Stage

Dvořák Symphony No. 8

Classical | San Francisco Symphony
October 16–18 | Tickets

The natural beauty of Dvořák’s Eighth flows into Cellist Pablo Ferrández joinining conductor Xian Zhang and the San Francisco Symphony for Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations before finishing with Kodály’s Dances of Galánta.

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More Events

• Market Street Arts & Theater Festival | Multiple Venues | October 17
• Oh, Mary! | American Conservatory Theater | Now – November 1
• Manon | San Francisco Opera | Now – November 1 | View Print Program
• Ben Bliss & Christopher Allen | Cal Performances | October 18 | View Print Program

Next Line

• You know who needs your blood more than Dracula? Other humans. TheatreWorks and the Stanford Blood Center are teaming up for a Dracula-inpsired blood drive on October 25.
• This weekend marks the return of the San Francisco Opera costume sale after more than a decade off. We hope you got your timed-entry tickets already; Saturday and Sunday’s slots are all sold out.