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A Christmas Carol for Edgar Allan Poe
2025-12-12 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Motor House Theater, 120 West North Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21201
TWELVE SHOWS ONLY
Nominated for a “Saturday Visiter” Award from the International Edgar Allan Poe Festival!
Run time: Approximately 95 minutes, plus one 10-minute intermission.
What if “A Christmas Carol” was written about America’s greatest writer of horror and suspense?
That’s the idea behind “A Christmas Carol for Edgar Allan Poe.” This brand-new play was commissioned by The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre and written by Zac Pensol — both past winners of The International Edgar Allan Poe Festival “Saturday Visiter” Award.
The show is just what it sounds like: A mashup of the life of Edgar Allan Poe and the structure of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” It tells Poe’s story up to the last days of his beloved wife Virginia Clemm – and the lessons he learned about love and happiness one fateful December night. It’s a new spin on a timeless classic, and it’s bound to be a new Baltimore holiday tradition.
