A Dream Within a Dream: The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
/OC Weekly | October 24, 2019
A Dream Within a Dream: The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
OCT 24TH • 7:30 PM • THE MUCKENTHALER CULTURAL CENTER
Super-Romantic, original Goth, journalist, progenitor of the short story, inventor of detective stories, experimenter in sci-fi, the original half-mad literary mood-man is also an immortal poet whose work defines pop fiction and culture, and maybe Halloween too. Based on his series of award-winning theatrical portrayals, actor Travis Rhett Wilson becomes the all-American icon of multiple genres Edgar Allan Poe in a one-man show featuring recitation and, yes, resuscitation. Costumed and acquitted as the Master of the Macabre himself, Wilson narrates a tragic if perversely transcendent life with “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” in a tribute to outsider artist and aboriginal mystic outlaw.