DESCRIPTION
“Nevermore” begins in the last conscious moments of Edgar Allan Poe as his tortured soul laments to his “still-alive corpse” about the “fever called living that burned in his brain.” Fast forward 160 years when a suicidal writer finds herself in the presence of The Raven, who offers insight on writing and madness and how the two are related. This fantasy/drama depicts the troubled rock-star life of America’s original literary gem, while examining the terrifying grip that depression held on him and many other fallen American writers.
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Imagine that the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe has been spending the last 160 years visiting suicidal American writers and being the last human face they see before making an irreversible decision. Why does he do this? Only the Raven knows.
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REVIEWS
“Amy Pettinella’s script and Russell McGee’s uncanny portrayal of the tortured soul of Edgar Allan Poe combine to make Nevermore an exceedingly powerful and emotionally packed piece of storytelling.” —NUVO: Indy’s Alternative Voice
Critics Pick, Cincinnati City Beat
“The power and the mystery of Poe come shining through in this incredible re-thinking of our great American writer, and in the life of a contemporary writer fascinated by him. It is terrific theater, terrific writing, terrific interweaving of history. The Raven is present.” —Spiritual Harmony, Cincinnati
“Great portrayal of deep inner feelings by Pettinella …McGee’s portrayal of Raven/Poe was eloquent and at times quite funny.” –Smaller Indiana
“A challenging literary piece… With so much emotion behind her obsession with Poe, Pettinella cranks out a solid script. I am excited to see where Twilight Productions takes her.” FunCityFinder
“…a very complex study of authors and the things that torment them. The dialogue between Poe and Woman is rich, and there is a gripping story playing beneath it. …this was the best of the seven shows we saw.”—Indiana Auditions
“A brilliant two-person play about a despairing writer and the “Raven” who visits her. We are given an excellent telling of the life of Edgar Allan Poe and a look into the melancholy into which so many great writers have fallen.” —East of Indy
“… kind of scary in a this-is-some-deep-and-real-shit kind of way, but there was some dark humor thrown in for good measure.” —That’s TomPERFORMANCE HISTORY
“Nevermore” debuted at the Indinapolis Fringe Theater Festival in 2009 and was an official jury selection of the 2010 Cincinnati Fringe Festival.
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