The Raven

by Edgar Allan Poe

Performed remotely across the country by 18 Chain Theatre collaborators, who have each been assigned a section of the story.

Edgar Allen Poe invokes both the supernatural and musicality in his famous poem. During a bleak December our narrator seeks to forget his lost love Lenore. However, an unexpected visitor arrives and will not leave him alone to forget his sorrow.

Edited by: David Rey

The Masque of the Red Death

By Edgar Allan Poe

In 1842 Edgar Allan Poe created a tale of a country destroyed by an epidemic known as the Red Death. The arrogant ruler Prince Prospero thinks he can ignore the deadly disease behind the walls of his compound with his loyal followers. He throws a masked ball and a stranger dressed in red appears...

Narrated by John Arthur Long

Voice Arts Awards Winner and Author