Join us for a night of EAP’s works including The Raven and Tell Tale Heart as brought to life by actor/impersonator Alastair Morley Jaques.
Edgar Allan Poe is back in Chicago after a highly revered run in the Pacific Northwest. Hear his most popular works like The Raven and Tell Tale Heart as brought to life by veteran actor/impersonator Alastair Morely Jaques. Poe promises new content as well in this very special Halloween performance.
"I want this to be a historically accurate and true dramatic representation of Poe as a person. He was not Vincent Price or Peter Lorre or Trent Reznor or Peter Murphy," says Jaques, "I have tried to rescue his reputation from the pop-culture quagmire that would seek to portray him as some sort of post-Emo, arm-cutting type who just wanted to write about how dark his soul was." Jaques
With a dazzling attention to detail and pitch-perfect elocution, … Jaques brings the themes of supernatural madness into an eerie and affecting light. … Lanky and lean with an expressive face, troubling eyes, and an esthetic he says is inspired by the works of artist Edward Gorey, Jaques can seem like an anomaly, the Old English gentlemen out of place in a modern world, … Burns, BendSource.com
DOORS OPEN AT 8:30pm, 1 Drink Minimum, both alcoholic and nonalcoholic options available, please support the venue and staff.