A Halloween Night Encounter

I would like to relate the story of one of the best Halloween nights I had ever experienced.

It occurred the year that I had auditioned and won the role of Count Dracula for a local amateur theater. I met her after the opening night performance, she introduced herself as April. She bore a remarkable resemblance to famed Hammer movie star Ingrid Pitt.

She told me how much she loved the play and my performance during our first meeting and we seemed to connect.We always managed to chat briefly for a few minutes until I had to leave her and circle the room greeting the other audience members.

During our brief conversations I learned that she was really into the whole vampire/ Halloween scene with Dracula being her favorite character of course. Now despite her obvious attraction to me and my interest in her she declined invites to join me for cocktails after the show. I can only surmised that she was probably married.

So we lingered outside the old theater afterwards and talked for hours. She even showed up after the brush up rehearsal and we spent the better part of the evening talking after everyone had gone.

The Halloween night performance had just ended and the cast headed to the reception area to meet their friends and other members of the audience. Now before dealing with the packed reception room I always slipped outside to have a quick smoke and cool down .

Being under the hot stage lights in a tails tux and heavy satin cape had a tendency to get me overheated. Normally I slip out the stage door without saying a word, but tonight I was feeling bold. So I approached April who was standing in the reception area and I asked her to join me.

She accepted the invite and I led her backstage and out the stage door. Once outside she removed her topcoat to reveal that she was dressed like the my Dracula character. She wore a white tux shirt,vest and bow tie under a black tails tux jacket.

The jacket was not an off the rack purchase, but appeared to have been tailored to her outstanding figure. Instead of tux slacks she had a short tight skirt made from the same material, black nylons and heels completed this ensemble.

I noted that she had even colored her hair black and sported a set of fang teeth.I complimented her on her outfit and she thanked me. I was informed that she usually wore it to costume parties, but tonight she worn it in my honor.