Poe: Deep Into That Darkness Peering

Poe: Deep Into That Darkness Peering, a play I co-wrote with Mark Rector, is now running at Orlando Shakes. It’s a streaming production, so you can watch it from anywhere in the world, and in whatever clothing you’d like.

What the Heck It’s About

In a fury of wild panic, Edgar Allan Poe bursts into a room of trusted friends convinced enemies, who seek to destroy him, pursue him. To save his own life, Poe undertakes a desperate wager: he must unravel an intricate puzzle that draws him into the horror-haunted dreamland of his stories and poems. As the threads of his life and his writing intertwine, he confronts the phantasms of his past – the women he loved and who died too young, his cruel stepfather, the critics who sneered at his talent, and the personal demons that drove him to write his masterpieces of mystery and imagination. Stories and poems featured in the play include: “The Black Cat,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar,” “To My Mother,” “The Conqueror Worm,” “For Annie,” “A Dream Within a Dream,” “Alone,” “Lines on Ale,” “The Bells,” Annabel Lee,” and “The Raven.”

(Photo Courtesy Zach Lane)

Show Info

I think the show is loads of fun and creepy. Theatres nationwide are struggling. Many are going under. Please take 95-minutes out of your day and support theatre and the arts. Tickets are a mere $15.

The show runs from October 22 – November 1, 2020.

Click for more about the show and tickets.

The Creative Team

Edgar Allan Poe: Steven Lane
Director: Cynthia White
Scenic Designer: Chris McKinney
Lighting Designer: Rob Siler
Costume Designer: Alison Reid
Costume Manager & Wardrobe: Denise R. Warner
Wig Stylist: Denise R. Warner
Costume Special Thanks: Stephanie Stachow and Debbie Warner
Sound Designer: Britt Sandusky
Producer & Cinematographer: Jim Helsinger
Post Production Manager: Christian Knightly
AEA Stage Manager: Paige Gober