The Madness Of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story at First Folio Theatre

Chicago Tribune - Highly Recommended

"...The weekend of a "blood moon" seems an auspicious time to open a show about the American master of horror. But since First Folio Theatre's "The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story" is on its fifth outing at the Mayslake Peabody estate, the artists and crew have a sure handle on the demands of both Poe's florid style and the ambulatory environmental staging."

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...Returning for its annual promenade-style ramble through spectacular Mayslake Hall, this show from First Folio Theatre focuses on the grief Poe felt at losing his beloved young wife, Virginia. But sequences involving, say, “The Pit and the Pendulum” come across as mood-breaking non sequiturs. In the end, this production is fun, but no great feat of storytelling."

Around The Town Chicago - Highly Recommended

"...As you sit in the library of the Peabody Mansion at Mayslake, waiting for First Folio’s production of “The Madness of Edgar Allen Poe: A Love Story”, I couldn’t help remembering the anticipation I used to feel on nights we were going to gather around a campfire for s’mores and scary stories. I can report that the stories were mysterious, macabre and creepy, the mansion had the requisite creaking stairs, eerie moving shadows and slamming doors, but there weren’t any s’mores!"