ACTORS' THEATRE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
presents
MISTER POE'S NIGHTMARES!
Directed by Clarence Felder
Starring Lee O. Smith as Edgar Allan Poe,
Clarence Felder & Chris Weatherhead
as others in Poe's murky world.
Chill your spine with the ghostly poetic images from one of Charleston's most famous writers!
Edgar Allan Poe lived as a boy in Charleston with his actress mother, Eliza Poe. After a great season in Charleston theatre, she contracted consumption and died.
This and many other tragedies marked him. His famous poems are steeped in Southern imagery
Haunting poems & stories
A powerful combination of love and horror!
One Hour in length
Actors' Theatre of South Carolina is an Actors' Equity Guest Artist Professional Non-Profit Theatre
For Information:
Call (843) 588-9636
AVAILABLE NOW FOR YOUR GROUP!
A HIT SHOW THROUGHOUT THE STATE!
From press release...
ACTORS' THEATRE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
OFFERS LOWCOUNTRY FAVORITES FOR VISITORS
Mister Poe's Nightmares
compiled and directed by Clarence Felder, starring professional actor, Lee O. Smith, as the
tortured poet, and ATSC founders and theatre, film and television veterans,
Clarence Felder and Chris Weatherhead as various characters in his nightmares.
Mr. Smith has been a professional actor for over fifteen years
and played The Captain in ATSC's Piccolo Spoleto hit of 1998, GOERING AT NUREMBURG.
He works currently in front of and behind the camera for WLTX-TV in Columbia.
Edgar Allan Poe is still one of the greatest purveyors of spine-chilling ghostly images and
he's one of Charleston's most famous writers. Poe lived as a boy in Charleston with his
actress mother, Eliza Poe, who after a great season of Charleston theatre, contracted
consumption and died. This and other tragedies marked his life. Many of his famous poems
are steeped in southern imagery. Haunting poems and stories such as Lygia, Annabelle Lee,
and The Telltale Heart are dished up to reveal dark places of human souls, as well as a
portion of "Poe's Mother," by another great Charleston poet, Beatrice Ravenel.
MISTER POE'S NIGHTMARES is available to be performed in any theatre, museum, hotel,
historic home or any other gathering place.
CALL: Chris Weatherhead, (843) 588-9636 or email: ccfelder@aol.com
About the Cast...
Broadway: Co-Starred in ten productions including QUEEN & THE REBELS (Colleen Dewhurst), THE SUICIDE, HENRY V & MEMORY OF TWO MONDAYS (Meryl Streep), LOVE FOR LOVE (Glenn Close), TEANECK TANZI, MACBETH (Christopher Walken).OFF-BWY: NY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL (numerous roles) N.Y. PUBLIC THEATRE (numerous roles),GOLDEN BOY, THE ROOM, etc. Regional: leading actor in over 100 plays in major theatres in U.S. Film Co-Star: THE LAST BOY SCOUT, RUTHLESS PEOPLE, THE HIDDEN, AFTER HOURS, AMAZING GRACE & CHUCK, NIGHTMARE ON ELM ST. (PT 5), etc. Television: PLAYING FOR TIME, BLOOD & ORCHIDS, THE DANE CURSE, THE KILLING FLOOR, THE SCARLET LETTER, MYSTERY OF THE MORROW CASTLE, etc. Prime-time Series: Co-starred 2 years HOOPERMAN (John Ritter) also LA LAW, CRIME STORY, NYPD BLUE, KOJAK, MATLOCK, DALLAS, HILL ST. BLUES, ISLAND SON, ALIEN NATION, BAYWATCH, etc. Received numerous rave reviews for the role of Hermann Goering in 2: GOERING AT NUREMBERG by Romulus Linney in highly successful runs OFF-BWY, in North Carolina and at The Actors' Theatre of SC in Camden, Piccolo Spoleto, and in Madison, Georgia. Mr. Felder recently starred as King Lear in ATSC's Shakespeare Festival in Charleston.
CHRIS WEATHERHEAD (CO-FOUNDER, Mary Chesnut in "Mary Chesnut's War For Independence!" & Eliza Poe in "Mister Poe's Nightmares" ), has been a leading lady in theatre, film and television for twenty-five years in New York, Los Angeles and around the U.S. She is from So. California and trained with Brewster Mason of the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, the American Rep Theatre (NYC), A.C.T.,in San Francisco. She played THE WIFE for two years in James Lapine's smash Off-Broadway hit, TABLE SETTINGS. She starred in the feature film WHATEVER IT TAKES and guest starred in numerous primetime TV series (SINATRA, DALLAS, EQUAL JUSTICE, NIGHT COURT, OUR FAMILY HONOR, ROBERT GUILLAUME SHOW, MOONLIGHTING, etc.). For Daytime Television, she starred for 2 years on THE EDGE OF NIGHT as the evil Alicia Van Dine and played recurring roles in four other "soaps." She Co-Founded The Actors' Theatre of South Carolina with husband, Clarence Felder, producing 33 productions and performing many roles including creating Mary Chesnut in A WORLD KICKED TO PIECES: MARY BOYKIN CHESNUT ON LOVE & WAR by Kenneth Graham which ran 3 years. Chris is currently touring her new play, MARY CHESNUT'S WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE! in Charleston and Atlanta, and portrayed Mary Chesnut for C-SPAN's AMERICAN WRITERS' SERIES last year. Ms. Weatherhead is also a screenwriter, playwright, director and acting teacher. She is currently completing a novel based on one of her screenplays.
LEE O. SMITH (EDGAR ALLAN POE) has been acting nearly 15 years in professional and community theatre and on local television. He has been performing for The Actors' Theatre of SC as the tortured poet, Edgar Allan Poe, in MISTER POE'S NIGHTMARES for two years. Also for ATSC, Mr. Smith played The Captain in their long-term hit, 2:GOERING AT NUREMBURG, received numerous great reviews as the demonic Prosecutor in THE VIGIL, portrayed The Chief Weasel & The Magistrate in THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, and Demetrious in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. He works on camera and behind the camera at WLTX-Channel 19 in Columbia and for the SC State Lottery. Lee has played leading roles also for Workshop Theatre (ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, directed by Clarence Felder) and Town Theatre in Columbia. He studied advanced acting with Chris Weatherhead.
For booking information:
CALL: (843) 588-9636
Chris Weatherhead, Producing Director,
Actors' Theatre of South Carolina
ccfelder@aol.com
www.actorstheatreofsc.org
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