“Scanlon vividly brings to life multiple characters …and her brilliant portrayals are enhanced by the stellar work of the creative team.”
October 24 – 27
Edgar Allan Poe Double Header
Created & Performed by LIVY SCANLON*
Presented in partnership with The Hanover Theatre Reportory
An imaginative one-person retelling of
The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado
At turns dark and darkly funny, this 60-minute solo show is staged as a séance, inviting audiences to conjure two of Poe’s most notorious narrators.
In The Tell-Tale Heart, a nervous caregiver is driven to madness by an irrational obsession. In The Cask of Amontillado, the aggrieved Montresor lures his rival Fortunato to an untimely fate.
Created and performed by Livy Scanlon. The Edgar Allan Poe Double Header runs at Gloucester Stage from October 24th-27th and at The Hanover Theatre Repertory in Worcester, MA from October 31st-Nov 2nd.
1 hour, no intermission – best for adults and ages 13+. Schools interested in Student Matinees on Thursday and Friday should email Natascha Tretter natascha@gloucesterstage.com
Meet the Creative Team
Livy Scanlon* / Creator & Performer
Livy Scanlon is a Worcester-based theatre professional working as a producer, director, actor, venue manager and teaching artist. She currently serves as artistic director of The Hanover Theatre Repertory (THT Rep) and managing director of the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC). Regional credits include Urbanite Theatre, The Nora@CentralSquareTheatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare, Trinity Rep, Asolo Rep, Paper Mill Playhouse, Hartford Stage and Bridge Rep, which she founded and helmed for five years.
During her tenure at Bridge Rep, Livy enjoyed multiple features in the Boston Globe and on WGBH, among other news outlets, and had a short essay published on the HowlRound Theatre Commons. She also received a 2019 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director (“Dark Room”) and a 2018 IRNE Award for Best Actress (“Mrs. Packard”).
Livy teaches acting in the Department of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She has been featured in Worcester Magazine’s Women to Watch and Worcester Business Journal’s Power 50. A member of Actors’ Equity Association, Livy earned an MFA in Acting from Brown University / Trinity Rep and a BA summa cum laude from Amherst College.
Livy lives in Worcester’s Canal District with her wife, Rachel, and their rescue chihuahua, Rusty.
THE EDGAR ALLAN POE DOUBLE HEADER is presented by special arrangement with Livy Scanlon and The Hanover Theatre Rep, with public domain stories written by Edgar Allan Poe.
*Actors Equity Association Member (AEA)