Eleven year old Edgar Allan has only one goal: to be the most remarkable boy at boarding school.
He has only one obstacle: Edgar Allan.
A dark, musical comedy inspired by the childhood and short stories of Edgar Allan Poe.

  When his two guardians ship eleven-year-old Edgar Allan off to boarding school, he couldn’t be happier. It’s a chance to sharpen his skills and gain an unparalleled education. Most importantly, it presents him with a whole new playing field to dominate. Edgar seems to have only one goal in life: to be the best in everything. Imagine his chagrin, then, when he encounters a boy at school whose name is also Edgar Allan, and who seems to threaten Edgar’s coveted place in the spotlight. Inspired by the childhood of Edgar Allan Poe and drawing upon some of his short stories, Edgar Allan is a perfect piece of dark comedy devised and acted by Brooklyn based theatre team the Coldharts: Katie Hartman and Nick Ryan. After picking up numerous awards in fringe festivals across the U.S., this one-act musical is set for a brief run at SoHo Playhouse as part of the theatre’s 2017 Fringe Encore Series — and it’s well worth catching. The show begins with Katie Hartman — as eleven-year-old Edgar Allan — strumming a ukulele with a demented expression on her face, the theatre around her in shadow. (Shadow and light are used to great effect throughout.) For a moment, I found this image jarring …Read more