Poe & All That Jazz

Written & directed by Peter Coy

Reactions to the Fringe show:

"...I don’t know where in the hell Nellysford Virginia is, but I know it is lucky to have Hamner Theater. Bravo!"
comment on Washington City Paper review.

"Riotous and arrestingly revelatory, the Hamner Theater’s latest creation will surprise the laughs out of you." Miranda Hall, on DCtheatrescene.com

A Washington Post "Fringe Must-see" (Scroll down to comment#5 for a glowing review)

Read some more comments from festival-goers about the show.

Washington City Paper: Fringe & Purge (blog report)

All Arts Review 4u

The Hamner Theater is taking Poe & All That Jazz to the Capital Fringe Festival.

Poe's post-modern pastiche. Jazz, ghosts, poetry and song. Phantastic!

TICKETS ON SALE AFTER JUNE 23, 2008 AT www.capitalfringe.org
or 1 866 811 4111. All tickets are $15.

Shakespeare Theatre Company@The Harman Center - Forum
610 F St N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004

Performances held:
Saturday, July 12 at 6:30pm
Sunday, July 13 at 3:00pm
Wednesday, July 16 at 6:30pm
Friday, July 18 at 8:00pm
Saturday, July 19 at noon
Sunday, July 20 at 8:00pm

Poe & All That Jazz to be staged during the Capital Fringe Festival

Washington, DC - The Hamner Theater presents Poe & All That Jazz by Peter Coy, July 12 - 20 at the Forum at Sidney Harman Hall. Helen Hayes Award-winning playwright Peter Coy explores undercurrents of abandonment in Poe's tragic personal life, thinly veiled in art. Horrifying and humorous, "a delicious, confusing, delicate, sensual delight" - jazz, ghosts, poetry and song. A phantasmagoric "dream within a dream - none of this is real" but it's all true.

Featuring Jon Cobb as Poe and jazz vocalist Patti Finn, as the women in his life, with pianist Bob Bennetta, and bassist Jim Ryan.

All tickets are $15. Reservations and information after June 23 from 1.866.811.4111 or capitalfringe.org, or at the Fringe Box Office from July 7.

See photos from the Hamner Theater Poe

"What a night! I was blown away by Poe. The juxtaposition of his words and the music was just great in my estimation. Cobb was Poe! Finn did a great job jumping from one woman to another and belting out the songs. If I were rich I would have Bennetta and Ryan play for me one afternoon a week just for my pleasure. Thanks for an exquisite evening. "
- reaction from a member of the audience