WHO KILLED EDGAR ALLAN POE? - The Cooping Theory 1969 NYC Reviews and Tickets

61%

(43 Reviews)

Positive

44%

Mixed

33%

Negative

23%

Members say

Confusing, Great acting, Disappointing, Ambitious, Absorbing

About the Show

The Poseidon Theatre Company invites you to explore the world and words of Edgar Allan Poe in this multi-room immersive paranormal experience in the heart of Midtown Manhattan.

From the show:

This immersive experience is 21 + Valid ID is required to enter. There is a $25 Beverage/Food Minimum per guest.

The Year is 1969.

A new generation of the Poe Society hosts a cocktail party to commemorate the anniversary of the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe.

You are invited to join the gathering.

The “meeting” begins. The room is smudged for protection.

An otherworldly Medium arrives to reach out to the spirit of Poe.

A Seance ensues.

The Seance goes awry!

The Society Members quickly usher you into separate rooms for your safety, as Poe’s spirit enters into the gathering…your adventure begins.

As the Poe Society seeks clues to Poe’s unresolved death, what they find out is their own terrifying truth.

What happens next?

Come find out for yourself.

Journey underground into a multi-room immersive paranormal experience in the heart of Midtown Manhattan.

Cocktails, Myth, Mystery, Murder…Ghosts

Experience the world and words of Edgar Allan Poe like you never have before.

"A Modern Day Edgar Allan Poe Story meets a 1960's Horror Movie"

Member Reviews (43)

Intense, Dizzying, Confusing, Ambitious, Absorbing

See it if You like horror, and Edgar Allan Poe, in that order. You're willing to ferret out pieces of the story by yourself

Don't see it if The relationships between the characters didn't seem to really matter. We are basically asked to bear witness to mass possession. Read more

Confusing, Absorbing, Ambitious, Exquisite, Great acting

See it if you love immersive theatre for its atmosphere, interactivity and settings.

Don't see it if you don't like ambiguity in immersive theatre and expect clear storytelling.

Critic Reviews (3)

October 3rd, 2019

Asya Gorovits

"An immersive psychological thriller kills with a stellar visual and audio design, but lacks coherence in the narrative. The participants are cast as the new members of The Poe Society and are invited to follow the characters through the labyrinth of Underground."
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September 17th, 2019

Edward Karam

"The first hour is a mixer for the audience to get to know the characters…But once the séance goes awry, the show does too. The characters become possessed by spirits of Poe or his family …the characters are possessed, and, whether catatonic, cataleptic, psychotic or just plain frantic, are too much of the same."
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September 11th, 2019

Victor Gluck

"As for the show, it may be 'the only story-driven, multi-room immersive experience in the heart of Times Square,' but as written by Nate Raven it is very thin on information about 19th century writer Poe…it is mainly participation in a séance…which is neither spooky nor scary."
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