Yesterday I went to Eastern Market to see We Happy Few's performance titled "A Midnight Dreary", adapting three Poe stories for the stage.
https://www.wehappyfewdc.com/amidnightdreary
The three stories are well-known ones: "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Cask of Amontillado", and "The Tell-tale Heart". "Masque" has a dollop of comedy stirred in, and the other two are presented more straightforwardly.
The stories are presented using only 3 actors. It's an interactive staging: the performance begins in the pre-show waiting area and moves into the black-box stage, and in "Amontillado" they create the underground tunnel on stage and the audience follows the actors through it.
It was a fun evening! Halloween season extends into November for me, and this performance fit nicely into it.


