*That is an INCREDIBLY obscure Saved by the Bell reference, and I award eleventy-billion points to anyone who picks up on it. If you’re a traditionalist, it’s a little out there, but if you’re open to a little bit of weird with your Victorian sleuthing, it’s well worth checking out. And, the concluding twist would makes the kiwi in Lisa Turtle’s favorite beverage* look like a sapsucker.

The artwork is solid, the pacing brisk, and the tentacles ubiquitous. I mean, come on-someone was either intentionally trying to coin a term to describe a particularly tricky (and aqueous) sex act or completely clueless my money is on the former.)Įnter Gaiman, adapting his 2004 award-winning short story of the same name, an intriguing mashup of the world of Holmes and the twisted oeuvre of H.P.

(Another reason to say forget Pokémon? Squirtle. A limited number of tickets may also be available at the door thirty minutes before showtime.Forget Pokémon-it’s my mission in life to catch all Holmesian graphic novels, particularly those that are not adaptations of canonical stories, but rather additions to it (bonus points if the art is so stellar that I can get completely immersed in Victorian London or if there are supernatural overtones (or even just a hint of the supernatural, a la Hound of the Baskervilles)). Tickets are $20 for the general public with a $5 discount for seniors (55+), students, teachers, first responders, veterans and active military, and may be purchased below. There is a $5 “sneak preview” performance on Wednesday, November 3 at 8:00 PM. Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald… and Other Literary Horrors arrives Thursday, November 4, and runs until Saturday, November 13 showtimes are Thursday, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 PM (no matinees), at the Acrosstown Repertory Theater (619 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL, 32601, in the historic Baird Center across from Heartwood Soundstage and next door to Akira Wood). Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald is adapted and directed by Derek Wohlust.

And Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald combines the worlds of Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraftian nightmares into a phantasmagoria of mystery and adventure.Ĭharlotte Perkin Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper is adapted by Jesse Vale and directed by Catherine Karow.Įdgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death is adapted by Monica Cross and directed by Katie Wallace. Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death invites us all to the party of the century inside an ancient monastery during a plague. Join us for the World Premiere of three never-before-seen horror short-story classics adapted for the stage and presented in one unforgettable evening! Charlotte Perkin Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper, an iconic feminist masterpiece, follows one woman’s confinement and descent into madness.

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