Centerstage > 2012-13 Season

Hometown favorite Bruce Nelson stars in this tale of the morbid life and mysterious final days of Baltimore’s treasured emblem of oddness, E.A. Poe. By turns a madcap vaudeville and a touching examination of artistic aspiration, this new script playfully and poignantly adds up the sum of a life lived.

"Nevermore a performance so genius and so brilliant as Bruce Nelson in this role."
—DC MetroTheatre Arts

"A shivery delight"
—DC Theatre Scene

"A daring...well crafted piece."
—MD Theatre Guide

"Stunningly directed by Curt Columbus."
—WYPR

The Completely Fictional—Utterly True—Final Strange Tale of Edgar Allan Poe is made possible by support from:

50th Anniversary Season
Presenting Sponsor:

50th Anniversary Season Sponsors:

James and Janet Clauson

With additional support from:

Media Partners:

The Rouse Company Foundation

T. Rowe Price Foundation

Lynn and Tony Deering
and The Charlesmead Foundation
Ellen and Ed Bernard
Stephanie and Ashton Carter
James and Janet Clauson
Jane and Larry Droppa
Terry Morgenthaler and Patrick Kerins
Judy and Scott Phares
Phil & Lynn Rauch
Jay & Sharon Smith
Barbara Voss and Charles E. Noell, III

50th Anniversary Season
Associate Sponsors:

Kathleen Hyle
Kenneth C. and Elizabeth M. Lundeen

Edgar Allan Poe Bruce Randolph Nelson*	Young Edgar/Others Charlie Thurston*	Dickens/John Allan Jimmy Kieffer*	Eliza/Others Naomi Jacobson*

Moran/Others Erick Pinnick*	Kindly Doctor/Others Kenneth Lee*	Valdemar/ Others Libya Pugh*	Virginia/Others Caroline Kaplan*

Stage Manager Captain Kate Murphy*	Assistant Stage Manager Laura Smith*

Director Curt Columbus	Set Designer Eugene Lee	Costume Designer David Burdick	Lighting Designer Josh Epstein
Sound Designer Zachary Williamson	Dramaturg Gavin Witt	Choreographer Sharon Jenkins	Speech Consultant Nancy Krebs
Casting Director Stephanie Klapper

*Member of Actors' Equity Association

2012-13 Season

"Nevermore a performance so genius and so brilliant as Bruce Nelson in this role." —DC MetroTheatre Arts "A shivery delight" —DC Theatre Scene "A daring...well crafted piece." —MD Theatre Guide "Stunningly directed by Curt Columbus." —WYPR

"Nevermore a performance so genius and so brilliant as Bruce Nelson in this role."
—DC MetroTheatre Arts

"A shivery delight"
—DC Theatre Scene

"A daring...well crafted piece."
—MD Theatre Guide

"Stunningly directed by Curt Columbus."
—WYPR