Join us for our 2025-2026 Season Opening Play, The Fall of the House of Usher by Jack Neary. Loosely based on the classic Edgar Allan Poe Tale.
An exciting adaptation of the classic Poe tale, re-invented as a detective thriller and set in 1930s Boston. James Brookfield, an up-and-coming writer of potboilers from New York City, is invited to the Boston home of his childhood friend, Roderick Usher, to, as his host suggests, “chronicle the evolution” of the House of Usher. What begins for Brookfield as a pleasant distraction from the busy hubbub of New York’s literary circles turns into a maelstrom of horror when he slowly discovers Usher’s secret intent, and realizes that the life of Usher’s sister, Madeline, as well as Brookfield’s own life, are in terrible danger. Told as a series of lightning-paced flashbacks as tough-as-nails police detective Michael Shaughnessy questions Brookfield about what actually happened to cause the fire that destroyed the House of Usher, the play moves relentlessly to its terrifying, stunning conclusion.
When:
Friday, September 19th at 7:30 PM
Saturday, September 20th at 7:30 PM
Sunday, September 21st at 2:00 PM & 6:00 PM
Where:
STAGEtwo@321
321 N Congress Ave
Evansville, IN 47715
"The Fall of the House of Usher (Neary)" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
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