Actors Collaborative Toledo gives Dracula a hilariously bloody makeover

By JULES SHINKLE BG Independent News Count Dracula’s reputation as a figure of horror has been in decline. Subject to decades of spoofs, the archetypal vampire struggles to inspire the same crucifix-clutching screams. His garlic allergy and gothic mantle are hard to take seriously these days. Actors Collaborative Toledo’s latest production makes the case that it’s absolutely better this way. ACT will perform Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen’s “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors” this weekend, Oct. 16-18, under the direction of John DuVall.