Poe is Dead: A New Musical invites us to rediscover his timeless and deeply personal exploration of the transformation of the human condition through the original music and lyrics of Jacob Brenkamp, the book by Adam Hoffman and under the direction of Deb Lemire.

Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most hauntingly brilliant figures in American literature. His work is a masterclass in atmosphere, psychological depth, and linguistic precision. Poe didn’t just write horror—he sculpted dread with a scalpel’s precision. Delving into madness, obsession, and the fragility of reality, his fiction mirrored his own life—marked by tragedy, poverty, and mystery. He died under strange and unknown circumstances that elude us to this day.