Backdoor Playhouse 
Our 55th Season
2009-2010 Productions
Under the Artistic Direction of Mark Harry Creter
Autumn 2009 Production
Dracula
Dramatic Version Freely Adapted by Crane Johnson
From the Novel by Bram Stoker
Directed by Mark Harry Creter
Produced in cooperation with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Everyone is familiar with the dark tale of Dr. Seward, Lucy, and their mysterious neighbor, Count Dracula, but here the events take on intensified effect through the heightened action and simplified staging of this fast-moving new version.”
“...fascinating...eerily worthwhile...” – The New York Times
November 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.,
Matinee: Nov. 21, 2009 at 2:00
Late Show: November 19, 2009 at 10:00 p.m.
Winter 2010 Production
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield
Director-Mark Harry Creter
“Three Actors, Thirty-Seven Plays, Ninety Minutes...DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME!” –TN Stage Company.
February 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.,Matinee: February 20, 2010 at 2:00
Late Show: February 18, 2010 at 10:00 p.m.
Spring 2010 Production
Spring Production-Round Dance (Reigen)
by Arthur Schnitzler
Directed by Mark Harry Creter
“Round Dance, written in the late 1890’s, exposes the sexual life in Vienna with such witty frankness that it could not be staged until after the First World War, when it provoked a riot in the theatre and a prosecution for indecency.” – J.M.Q. Davies
April 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 2010 at 8:00 p.m., Matinee: April 17, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Late Show: April 15, 2010 at 10:00 p.m.
Warning: “Round Dance” is suggested for mature audiences and contains material that may be inappropriate your younger audiences.
