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World Dracula Day 2022
125 years ago today, Dracula was published. This year marks the Quasquicentennial for the birth of a whole genre of horror stories. Prior to Dracula, most vampire stories were of the credulous “non-fictional” type – that is, they were told because they were believed to be true. There were a few fictional vampires prior to…
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Origins of Children of the Night in Judaism
by Joel Frapart The idea for Children of the Night first came to me in college when I was taking a class called “The History of Anti-Semitism”. I took this class because, as a Jew, I truly felt like I hadn’t suffered enough in my short life, and thus wanted to learn more about how…
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Fritz Haarmann: Vampire of Hanover
Fritz Haarmann was a frighteningly successful serial killer, black market butcher, and police informant. Was he also… a vampire?
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The Weird Sisters Trope
The Weird Sisters Trope by Joel Frapart Why does Grimlocke have three daughters? Why did Dracula have three brides? Why does Macbeth receive his prophecy from three witches? It isn’t entirely clear, but the trope of the three supernatural women is one of the oldest recurring themes in the history of literature. One of the…
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Bondage & Sadism in Children of the Night
There’s a lot of bondage on our stage in Children of the Night. Not the kinky, consensual BDSM that can bring fire back to a dwindling romance, but the “I’ve tied you up to kill you” & the “We need you to scream & bring your friends” sadistic varieties. This is an important distinction –…
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Prost Stage Productions | DFW Theater Company
We’re setting up this production company website to support our upcoming theatrical efforts in the 2022 season, and beyond. The first piece on our schedule is Children of the Night, an original play written by Joel Frapart & George Morris. Children of the Night is a dark comedy that has been likened to Fiddler on…