THE POE SHOW Infects the Hollywood Fringe Festival
June 12, 2015
FORIMMEDIATERELEASE
Press Contact: Jeremy Aldridge [email protected]
Los Angeles, CA—THE POESHOW continues to infects the Hollywood Fringe Festival at the Theatre Asylum on July 9th.
Edgar Allan Poe has his own late-night talk show: The Poe Show! Brendan Hunt (writer/star of Absolutely Filthy, Winner of Best Male Performance 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival ) stars as late-night talk show host Edgar Allan Poe with Ed Goodman (Toddler Bangs America, 2014 Spirit of the Fringe Writing Nominee) as Poe’s sidekick and wingman, The Raven. Directed by Scott Leggett (Neverwhere), THEPOESHOWINFECTSTHEFRINGE pulls the best material from eight, full episodes of The Poe Show previously performed at the Sacred Fools Theater in Los Angeles and is an explosive blend of tightly scripted pieces and improvisation.
Writer/Creator Ed Goodman packs a lot of material into this 55 minute romp through what looks like a modern talk show format set in the 1800’s. The Poe Show consists