LIGEIA by Edgar Allan Poe - Wednesday, September 16 at 9:00 PM in Callowhill, PhiladelphiaCallowhill

LIGEIA by Edgar Allan Poe

Wednesday, September 16 at 9:00 PM·9:00 p.m.·Callowhill

LIGEIA by Edgar Allan Poe

Posted to Callowhill on September 1, 2026

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His first marriage ended in unutterable grief… his second marriage ends in unimaginable terror! Obsession for the lost LIGEIA spirals into madness in Edgar Allan Poe’s most haunting story. As evidence of a supernatural presence mounts, we wonder… is it just the opium, or has his new wife’s corpse been possessed? Now Poe’s chilling tale of revivification is brought to life through physical theatre....

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