Poe Logo 2015

"A perfect storm of theater!"
★★★★   ( Chicago Stage Review)
"A smart and heartfelt journey into the life and literature
of the great American horror writer." 
★★★★   (Chicago Tribune)
 
THE MADNESS RETURNS !
Over 10,000 audience members have thrilled as Poe's macabre and melancholic tales & poems come to life in The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story.  Come travel through historic, haunted Mayslake Hall and experience such tales of terror as "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum," and "The Masque of the Red Death," all while you encounter the chilling true story of the romance of Edgar and his beloved, doomed wife Virginia.  

Featuring Christian Gray, Heather Chrisler, Kevin McKillip, & Leena Kurishingal


Adapted for the stage by David Rice
Directed by Alison C. Vesely 
Sept. 23 ~ Nov. 1

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MANY PERFORMANCES ALREADY SOLD OUT! 
 
First Folio's programs are sponsored in part by grants from the Illinois Arts Council (a State agency), the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture, and the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. 
  
All performances take place on the grounds of the Mayslake Peabody Estate, which is owned and operated by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.   Indoor shows are presented in Mayslake Hall, a 30-room Tudor Revival style mansion originally built by coal baron Francis S. Peabody. Completed in 1922, the mansion is on the National Registry of Historic Places.