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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe at the Carco Theatre
Bradford Farwell recreates an 1849 literary salon featuring the master poet, critic and father of
the detective novel, Edgar Allan Poe. This inter-active presentation is set during the last months
of Poes brief life as he toured the country in an effort to woo subscribers for a new magazine of
his own creation, The Stylus. These speaking engagements range from intimate conversations to
public lectures, where Poe would recite his work and share his views on the state of American
literature, the philosophy of composition, and the most noble of professions that of the poet.
He was also known to devote entire lectures to the deriding of Longfellow, Emerson, and the
other incorrigibly arrogant bumpkins we find in New England. This diatribe would typically be
followed by a letter praising Longfellow in an effort to convince him to submit poems for the
many magazines Poe edited during his career. He was at once charming and destructive.
Farwell explores the cultural context of the time and Poes personal history which greatly
influenced his most famous works. His brilliant performance reflects Poes life-long battle for
recognition in a young nation struggling to define its own literary history and voice.

dramatic, engaging and perfectly executed.
Washington Humanities Commission
Bios

Bradford Farwell lives in Seattle and has worked all over the United States and Canada. In
Seattle he has been seen at Seattle Rep: Indecent, Charles III, Photograph 51, You Cant Take it
With You, The Imaginary Invalid, Twelfth Night, Noises Off, The Great Gatsby; Intiman, The 5 th
Avenue, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Seattle Childrens Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare and the
premiere of Seven Ways to Get There at ACT. Broadway credits: Much Ado About Nothing and
The Miser. Mr. Farwell was a company member of the Stratford Festival in Canada and New
Century Theatre Company. Regionally: TAG, Nebraska Shakespeare, Chicago Shakespeare,
ACT San Francisco, Shakespeare Theatre D.C., Court Theatre, Madison Repertory, American
Players Theatre. Television credits include Grimm and Leverage. He received his training
at The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts, London.

Megan Brewer (director) is a Seattle- and London-based director, currently studying for her
MFA in Theatre Directing at East 15 Acting School. She enjoys new work, devising, and
Shakespeare. Recent directing credits include Two Heads of a Hydra (workshop), As You Like
It (REBATEnsemble), We Should Be Women (NowHereThis), feed\back (MAP Theatre), Peter
Pan (Kitsap Forest Theatre), and Kiss Me, Kate (Seattle Musical Theatre). She received her BA
in Drama from the University of Washington.
Bryan Willis (playwright) recently returned from China, where his play Sophie was featured at
the International Festival of Childrens Theater in Shenzhen. He serves as playwright-in-
residence for the Northwest Playwrights Alliance at Seattle Repertory Theatre. His plays have
appeared throughout the U.K., Israel, Japan, U.S. and Canada, including New York Theater
Workshop, Milwaukee Rep, Unseamd Shakespeare Co., ACT, Book-It Repertory Theatre and
Riverside Studios in London. His work has also been featured on NPR and BBC Radio
(commission for Sophie). Bryan has worked in the literary departments of many theaters,
including Lincoln Center (NYU's Playwright-in-Residence) and Playwrights Horizons. He is
also the recipient of the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion and served on the KC/ACTF National
Selection Team in 2011. His full-length play, Seven Ways to Get There, will receive a
Broadway-level workshop and reading next month on NYCs Theatre Row at Playwrights
Horizons.

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Carco (View)
1717 Maple Valley Hwy.
Renton, WA 98057
United States

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On BPT Since: Mar 31, 2015

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