My Carmilla The Play

This adaptation of Carmilla reimagines Le Fanu’s 1872 novella through a feminist, queer, and postcolonial lens, centering the story on the complex and dangerous relationship between Carmilla and Laura. In this version, Laura is not a passive heroine; she is ambitious, cunning, and capable of cruelty. Carmilla, meanwhile, is both predatory and vulnerable, shaped by centuries of survival and the lingering trauma of the 17th century witch hunts, which disproportionately targeted women who did not submit to patriarchal expectations. The play foregrounds how Laura and Carmilla’s desires and deceptions intersect, and how the prey ultimately becomes the predator.