The Bibliothecary

Things are coming together for the Poe show by Brat Productions, Haunted Poe, coming this October in Philadelphia. I just had a meeting with all the designers who are working on it and gave them a little primer on Poe and his time in Philly. You can click on the Haunted Poe icon in the top left corner of my site to receive more info. Here's the show in a nutshell:

HAUNTED POE

World Premiere

Limited Halloween Engagement

October 1 – November 1, 2009

38 Jackson Street

Philadelphia, PA

Brat Productions, the Barrymore Award-winning company (Three Chord Fiction), is back to reveal their latest theatrical adventure, Haunted Poe. 160 years after his death, Edgar Allan Poe returns from the grave to haunt Philadelphia with his most terrifying tales and poems. You move from room to room. Down twisting hallways. Through the heart of darkness. Into the unknown.

Presented in a 10,000 square foot warehouse, Haunted Poe features scenes from “The Tell-tale Heart,” “The Raven,” “The Black Cat,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Pit and the Pendulum”…and much more. In each room, around every corner, another scare awaits. It’s literature, history and theatre—in the form of a haunted house. Experience the Master of the Macabre in the dread of night!

“Brat not only pushes the envelope, it licks it, slaps a stamp on it, and sends it to places no one has ever been to before.” – Philadelphia City Paper

Created by Madi Distefano, Brad Helm, Edward Pettit and Bruce Walsh

From an original concept by Michael Alltop

Tickets go on sale July 1. For more information, and to sign up for our email list, visit www.bratproductions.org

Haunted Poe has been funded by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Theatre Initiative with additional funding from the Marketing Innovation Program.

You can also read a more detailed press release here, which starts with the headline: "POE’S BODY EXHUMED FROM BALTIMORE CEMETERY AND RETURNED TO PHILADELPHIA IN BRAT PRODUCTIONS’ HAUNTED POE."  Can't wait.