FUNERAL

Final respects are paid to Lucy as she is interred in the Westenra family mausoleum.

GRIEVING

Friends and lovers grieve the loss of Lucy. Collectively they give support, yet individually they face their personal shadows. Mina cannot free herself from thoughts of Dracula.

FREEDOM

Dr. Van Helsing leads the young men back to the mausoleum where Lucy is entombed. To their horror the men discover that the coffin is empty. Lucy returns as dawn approaches, seeking her tomb. She attempts to lure the men but is driven back by the cross of Van Helsing. Lucy seeks the refuge of her coffin, but she is staked and beheaded.

THE HUNT

The men return with Mina to the Sanatorium where she is to spend the night. Van Helsing hypnotizes Renfield and learns of Dracula’s hiding place. The men seek out and destroy Dracula’s crates, bearing unhallowed earth. As the crates are burned, Dracula punishes Renfield and seeks out Mina to have his ultimate revenge.

TWO BECOME ONE

Alone in her room Mina realizes that although she should not love Dracula, she harbors a deep passion for him. The exhausted, hunted and broken-down Dracula arrives to seek revenge by ravishing Mina, but instead he crumbles and crawls to her feet.

DISCOVERY

The men return to discover Renfield dead and Mina lying in Dracula’s arms. Dracula flees into the night.

PATHS TO BE FOLLOWED

Jonathan finds his wife once more in a strange trance. Mina feels for Jonathan as much as she fears for him. She attempts to escape into the night but is stopped by Van Helsing, Holmwood, and Seward. Van Helsing leads all on his crusade to free Mina and the rest of the world from Dracula. Now, all of the characters live simultaneously with fear and grief. They follow their respective paths which they must, and in doing so, come to the end of our story.