Poe believed a story should be experienced in one sitting. So shall we.
The Curious Life of Edgar Allan Poe enters the strange and beautiful inner world of one of America’s most enduring writers. Through neo-classical ballet and African Diaspora movement traditions, the ballet moves through obsession, grief, love, madness, and longing — not simply retelling Poe’s stories, but asking what kind of man could have written them in the first place.
Created by Julianna Rubio Slager and Glorielle Niedfeldt, and supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of America 250, the production reimagines Poe not as a distant literary icon, but as a deeply human soul wrestling with beauty, loss, and the fear of being forgotten. Atmospheric, emotionally raw, and visually immersive, the work invites audiences to step into the tension between despair and redemption that still pulses through Poe’s writing today.
