Stick your neck out; watch 'Dracula' It's an old one-liner: "Dracula sucks.” Blood, that is. lust in time for Halloween, the University Theatre's first show of the season, Deane's and Balderston's 1927 ver sion of "Dracula" opens to day in Robinson Theatre at 8 p.m. In contrast with the old joke, director Grant McKer nie is hoping for a smash. McKemie says he has no idea how the audience will react. "But it's kind of fun. I like that.” This interpretation of Bram Stoker's classic tale presents a sophisticated contrast bet ween good and evil. Set in the late 19th century, it com bines the three elements of horror, mystery and romance. Dennis Smith, a University graduate student in playwriting, plays the in famous vampire, marking his first UT appearance. Smith has 11 years experience as a professional television and film actor, and performed at the Oregon Shakespearean Festival in Ashland. An unusual feature of the production is the casting of a woman (Cynthia Blaise) in a role originally written for a man. Blaise plays Professor Van Helsing, who attempts to assist her friend Dr. Steward (Dennis Dolan) in finding a cure for the mysterious illness afflicting his daughter, Lucy (Sally Goodwill). In another casting surprise, Douglas Hout and Michael Callahan are duel