Edgar Allan Poe’s tortured psyche is resurrected in “Tales of Edgar Allan Poe,” opening Feb. 12 at the Center for Puppetry Arts’ Downstairs Theater in Atlanta. Gothic designs, haunting music and shadowy figures breathe life into Poe’s classics “The Raven,” “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “The Bells,” “The Black Cat” and “The Cask of Amontillado,” along with lesser-known works “Berenice,” “The Oval Portrait,” “M.S. Found in a Bottle” and “Lenore.” Puppeteers Luis Hernandez, Reay Kaplan and Rudy Roushdi bring Poe’s infamous characters to life using a unique “table-top” puppetry style, in which live actors share the stage with the puppets on a multiplaned set.
Poes chilling takes of terror take to puppet stage