The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre

Written by Jade Greene and performed and recorded live at the Poe Room of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, “The Spectacles” is one of Poe’s comedies (yes, he wrote comedies!). In this story, a vain young man changes his name to try to inherit a fortune from a distant relative. He falls in love with a seemingly beautiful woman at the opera, but because he refuses to wear his glasses, he gets mixed up in a case of mistaken identity. Featuring the voices of Adam R. Adkins, Bri Caelleigh, Sarah Bella Joyce, Jade Greene, John Sadowsky, and Alex Zavistovich. Directed by Alex Zavistovich, with original music composition, sound design and production by James D. Watson. Made possible in part by The Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Creative Baltimore Fund.

The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre’s Poe Theatre on the Air will be broadcasting two hours of radio drama adaptations of Poe’s stories as part of WYPR’s Radio Theatre Sunday Night.

Our theater critic sizes up the National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre's first live stage production, staged in a Dundalk cineplex, of three of Poe's well-known tales of suspense and horror.

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