MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WV News) — The WVU School of Theatre and Dance will present “Dracula, a feminist revenge fantasy, really” at the Metropolitan Theatre, with performances scheduled for Oct. 23–25 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 26 at 2 p.m.

Kate Hamill's adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel reimagines the vampire tale by giving greater power and agency to the female characters. Dracula’s wives are given names, Van Helsing is a female vampire slayer, and Mina Harker is given a more active role in the fight against Dracula.

“We know the story of Dracula,” said Radhica Ganapathy, an associate professor in the WVU School of Theatre and Dance and the director of “Dracula.” “We know this vampire is 400 years old, and he is on this quest to take control and power, but in Hamill’s version, the femal

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