Edgar Allan Poe News

Nationally-recognized as one of the nation's leading producers of new works of theatre for young people and their families, The Coterie Theatre's 42nd Season will offer multiple new plays and musicals created to entertain, engage, and serve as memorable experiences for every generation of the family.

These spooky classics are given new life as chilling theatrical stories. Though told with some humor, this production might be too intense and scary for very young audiences. 

The London Horror Festival was spawned in 2011 with the aim of championing the genre on stage, and in 2021 it returns with more in-the-flesh frights and continues to demonstrate that horror has well and truly proven its worth with theatre audiences.

Nationally-recognized as one of the nation's leading producers of new works of theatre for young people and their families, The Coterie Theatre's 42nd Season will offer multiple new plays and musicals created to entertain, engage, and serve as memorable experiences for every generation of the family.

A 2016 winner of the prestigious National Theatre Company Grant Award by the American Theatre Wing, Classical Theatre Company has announced the lineup for its 2021-2022 Mainstage Season. As the only professional theatre company in the State of Texas that solely produces classical drama on a year-round basis, CTC only produces plays that are 100 or more years old.

Two years after the death of his beloved wife, Edgar Allan Poe (played by Christian Gray) grapples with love and madness in this wildly innovative theater experience. The audience will follow the ghost of Virginia Poe (played by Erica Bittner) as she stirs up memories from beyond the grave, or follow Poe himself as he winds his way from “The Telltale Heart” to “The Pit and the Pendulum.”

.A Midnight's Visit is an immersive and equally mad playground of Edgar Allan Poe haunting, gothic world which seemingly had no rules.

Twainfest will take place on Saturday, August 21st from 11am - 6pm. This year, Write Out Loud's Twainfest takes place in the brand new location of Heritage County Park.

The album consists of 11 tracks including 2 new original songs, plus reimagined fan favorites from their 2019 release Conspiracy.

As things begin to reopen, and theatre companies make their return, Artistic Director Sebastian Muñoz is excited about the wide range of theatre his acclaimed Force of Nature Productions is once again ready to stage. A top priority for the father of two was to provide children who have spent most of the past year and a half stuck at home a live, in-person theatrical experience.

The Magical World of Dr. Seuss is a whimsical journey of adventure and fun for families, straight out of the pages and onto the stage for all to experience. Renowned artist Duffy Hudson brings to life Dr. Seuss classics like And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Horton Hears a Who!, The Sneetches, and more.

Prolific playwright Peter Coy has recently published his latest collection of his plays A House In The Country and Other Plays.  I had the chance to pick deeply into Peter’s brain on his works and past schooling.

Classical Theatre Company has announced the lineup for its  2021-2022 Mainstage Season. As the only professional theatre company in the State of Texas that solely produces classical drama on a year-round basis, CTC only produces plays that are 100 or more years old. 

Synetic Theater, a center for American Physical Theater, is re-opening its doors after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of in-person events.

Veteran and award-winning stage actor and play director Darryl Maximilian Robinson shares a 'Street Theatre' rendition of American literary master Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem 'Annabel Lee' on the shore of the Pacific Ocean near Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California.

Following sensational responses and packed houses around the country, A MIDNIGHT VISIT unveils its fresh Brisbane incarnation this July in a deceptively ordinary disused Fortitude Valley warehouse, transforming the cavernous space into a 36 room theatrical playground like nothing the city's seen before.

When two young actors challenge -and, indeed, even dare - two older actors to suddenly present a speech or monologue on a crowded street full of passers-by, interesting things can happen. The result?: Darryl Maximilian Robinson performs Rudyard Kipling's 'If' on Sunset Blvd In Hollywood!

Vince Wilson, owner of Poe’s Magic Theatre as well as an internationally recognized magician himself, just announced the return to live shows for the popular downtown entertainment venue.

Guerilla Opera’s artistic director, Aliana de la Guardia, hosted a warmly informal Zoom preview of the company’s current work in progress, Island of Hope, Island of Tears (working title) which served effectively as a promotion of a planned in-person workshop as well as an opportunity to engage in dialogue around the opera’s themes.

Ever since Edgar Allan Poe wrote The Murders in the Rue Morgue, mysteries have been a part of our entertainment culture.  Since the days of Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, audiences love a good who dunnit?  And deep down, everyone thinks they have what it takes to be the next great sleuth.  Coming June 4th and 5th, guests at The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre will have the chance to play detective and solve The Case of the Oldest Living Showgirl.