Part radio drama, part podcast, and all Edgar Allan Poe. A new spine-tingling play for your ears every month, adapted from America’s most famous horror and suspense writer. Gothic frights, by The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre.
In this episode of Poe Theatre on the Air, we’re doing something a bit different – a reading of Chapter One of the book “Emma,“ by Jane Austen. It’s fitting that we take this little side trip. You might be surprised to learn that Baltimore has among the largest Jane Austen appreciation societies in this hemisphere. The two writers each famously satirized society, and Austen even gently poked fun at the gothic writing genre in her work Northanger Abbey. One of our Baltimore theatre friends, Everyman Theatre, is producing a stage performance of Emma, running through June 14. Tickets can be found on the Everyman web site at EverymanTheatre.org We hope you’ll join with us to support live theatre in Baltimore and around the world. Emma was read and produced by Alex Zavistovich. Poe Theatre in the Air theme by Gregg Martin.
7 Apr 2026
Some Words with a Mummy
This episode of Poe Theatre on the Air presents one Poe’s comedic stories, “Some Words with a Mummy,” sponsored in part by a generous donation from Kurt Gustafson and family. The story recounts a conversation with a mummy revived in modern times, and how modern accomplishments don’t exactly measure up against the achievements of ancient Egyptians.
6 Feb 2026
A Valentines Day Special
This special Valentine’s Day installment of Poe Theatre on the Air features Valentine’s Day and love poems from Poe — and a lesser known poem to Poe from his wife.
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