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A New York Times Critics’ Pick, the delightfully unhinged Drunk Shakespeare Society is back for spooky season with Drunk Dracula, a blood-soaked, booze-fueled, belly-laughing spin on Bram Stoker’s legendary tale. One brave (or spectacularly foolish) actor downs five shots before attempting to recount the story of Transylvania’s most eligible undead bachelor. What follows is a hilariously haunted descent into slurred seduction, forgotten lines, wicked improv, and theatrical mayhem.
Perch above the bloodbath with your $39 pulse (a $59 Value) for a Balcony Ticket. There’s something wonderfully civilized about watching a tipsy thespian butcher a literary masterpiece from a safe distance. As the shots disappear, so does any hope of sticking to the script, with rogue props, boozy monologues, and increasingly questionable decisions sending the laughter straight through the rafters.
Sink your teeth a little deeper into the madness with a $49 pulse (a $73 Value) for a Mezzanine Ticket. From here, you’ll be closer to Dracula’s intoxicating reign of terror as the fourth wall crumbles and the audience gets pulled into the action. Expect devilish surprises, spontaneous seduction, and enough drunken drama to wake the dead.
Get frighteningly close with your $59 pulse (a $93 Value) for a Stage Side Ticket. You’ll have a killer view of every drop of blood, booze, and bad judgment as the evening spirals gloriously out of control. With every additional shot, the cast gets rowdier, the stakes get higher, and keeping a straight face becomes completely fang-tastical.
Come thirsty for theater, stay for the bloody good time, because when Dracula drinks, everybody gets a little batty...
Celebrated as “The Best Thing to Ever Happen to The Theater” by Slate Magazine and hailed by Time Out as a must-see, the Drunk Shakespeare Society has turned getting lit with literature into one of New York’s most brilliantly unhinged nights out. The premise is gloriously simple: classically trained actors tackle the Bard while one cast member downs five shots of whiskey. The result is an intoxicating cocktail of high culture and low inhibitions, where Shakespeare collides with improv, audience interaction, cocktails, and whatever wonderfully terrible decisions five shots inspire.
Every spooky season, the Society trades the Bard for the bloodthirsty with Drunk Dracula, its wildly popular annual Halloween special that sells out year after year. The formula remains deliciously dangerous, with one fearless performer throwing back five shots before joining an increasingly unhinged retelling of Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece. Lines are forgotten, inhibitions vanish, accents go rogue, and Transylvania’s thirstiest bachelor gets considerably thirstier.
Adding to the decadence is The Ruby Theatre, a secret Victorian jewel box hidden away from the modern Manhattan hustle. Crimson velvet, flickering candlelight, antique-inspired details, and vintage portraits create a seductive setting somewhere between a Shakespearean speakeasy, gothic drawing room, and clandestine members’ club. It's exactly the sort of place you’d expect the Count to materialize after dark.
Meanwhile, dangerously tempting craft cocktails and bites will be available for purchase as the classically trained cast descends deeper into boozy madness. With every shot, the performance gets looser, the improv wilder, and the laughs louder. Expect audience interaction, spontaneous detours, wickedly inappropriate surprises, and enough blood, booze, and theatrical bad behavior to raise the dead.
Drunk Dracula only rises from the crypt for a limited time each year, and with performances known to sell out, you’ll want to stake your claim before someone else beats you to it...
You may view the full Performance Schedule here.
Your $39 Balcony Ticket (up to a $59 Value) Includes:
Your $49 Mezzanine Ticket (up to a $73 Value) Includes:
Your $59 Stage Side Ticket (up to a $93 Value) Includes:
Drunk Dracula earns a stupendous 4.6 Stars from 825+ reviews on Yelp including:
"We really had fun. The performers were excellent, so creative, talented, and quick witted. It kept us entertained and laughing the whole way through. The venue is small and intimate, any seat is good. They also did "Drunk Dracula" around Halloween."
"I wish I could give more stars! Without a doubt one of the funniest things I have ever seen let alone been to a live performance of. These actors are unbelievably talented. They are interactive and the writing is incredible. Every night is different so will definitely be attending another one!!"
"This show is AMAZING! I don't think I stopped smiling through the entire performance. The actors were fantastic and I was in awe of their ability to perform a soliloquy and continue on the production. I would highly recommend."
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Expires on Tuesday November 3, 2026.
