"A Poe Halloween" Radio Show
stories by Edgar Allan Poe
adapted by Johanna Spencer
Directed by: Josh Mitchell and Christi E. Sears
Editor and Special Sound Designer: Nancy Long, Deep Focus Media
Performance: October 31, 2020
Six of Edgar Allan Poe’s creepy and haunting plays. Performed by local theater artists and set to 1950’s style radio. Spend Halloween evening with brilliant artists as they storytell some of Poe’s most amazing works in various imaginative journeys that are haunting and powerful. Turn down the lights and light a candle or two. Grab a snack, sit back, and enjoy the stories of: “The Cask of Amontillado”, “The Purloined Letter”, “The Fall of the House of Usher”, “The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether”, “The Oblong Box”, and “Tell Tale Heart”.
Directors
Josh Mitchell and Christi E. Sears
Cast of Characters
Story Teller Narrator: Bill Brown
The Cask of Amontillado: Rus Roberts and Scott Harvey
The Purloined Letter: Josh Anderson, Josh Mitchell, and Jeff McMahon
The Fall of the House of Usher: David Milner, Lance Duddlesten, and Adam Vester
The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether: Josh Mitchell, Susan Jones, Tom Martin, Lance Duddlesten, Meghan Duddlesten, Heidi Kravitz, and vocals on Bellini aria Kimberly Kelley
The Oblong Box: John Carone, Josh Anderson, Timothy Kelley II, Christy Anderson, and Adam Vester.
Tell Tale Heart: Josh Winter, Tom Martin, Josh Mitchell, and Timothy Kelley II