Edgar Allan Poe plays The Belfry

America's master of mania and the macabre - and original literary bad boy - is alive again and is primed to thrill and intrigue audiences.

The year is 1848 and Edgar Allan Poe, author of "The Raven," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Premature Burial" is touring the country giving recitations of some of his most beloved tales and poems - that is, if he can keep his own horrors and demons in check long enough.

Join Edgar Allan Poe at The Belfry on October 13 for an evening of fun, thrills, and poetry as he performs the stories and poems that have made him a true literary immortal. Mad men, murderers, black cats, and, of course, the raven are sure to be on the menu.

The evening of dinner theater is built around a community meal. The event is scheduled to run 6 to 8:30 p.m.

"It's pretty exciting. We're going to serve family-style dishes and the performance piece with dessert," said Angeline Rhett, the hostess of the evening.

Oregon actor Alastair Morley Jaques has appeared on stages all along the West Coast in the character of Edgar Allan Poe, to the delight of audiences of all ages and to the acclaim of critics. His meticulously researched characterization has, in the words of one critic, "made him literally become Edgar Allan Poe." Over the course of 9- plus minutes and just in time for Halloween, audiences will experience full dramatic recitations of some of Poe's best-known and lesser-known works along with Mr. Poe's strange and hilarious commentary and an interactive question-and-answer session with Poe at the end of the show.

For ticket information visit www.belfryevents.com.