Writer Lawrence C. Connolly’s Poe at Prime Stage Theatre

2025-10-31

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Just in time for spooky season, horror and science fiction writer Lawrence C. Connolly talks about his latest writings! Lawrence talks about two of his most recent projects, a play for Prime Stage Theatre reimaging 4 Edgar Alan Poe stories, and his newest book, "Minute Men: Execute & Run". Lawrence talks about his adaptation of the four stories for the play, and how his brother's idea sparked a book. The play blends four of Edgar Alan Poe's stories with Poe appearing as a character, in a s...

Just in time for spooky season, horror and science fiction writer Lawrence C. Connolly talks about his latest writings!

Lawrence talks about two of his most recent projects, a play for Prime Stage Theatre reimaging 4 Edgar Alan Poe stories, and his newest book, "Minute Men: Execute & Run". Lawrence talks about his adaptation of the four stories for the play, and how his brother's idea sparked a book.

The play blends four of Edgar Alan Poe's stories with Poe appearing as a character, in a style similar to his real-life stage performances. Lawrence highlights Poe's theatrical persona, which extended to his photographs later in life. He also describes some challenges, including how to depict the monster throughout the play.

The book is about a group of people who only have 60 seconds of superpowers before becoming incapacitated. Lawrence hopes to publish a graphic novel of the book, and is excited to hear the audiobook coming out soon. He soon will be working on the sequel.

Lastly, Lawrence provides some book recommendations, and looks forward to writing more about the Minute Men soon.

You can see Prime Stage Theatre's "Mr. Edgar A. Poe Presents: Tales of Mystery, Horror & Imagination" from November 7th to 16th. Lawrence's newest book "Minute Men: Execute & Run" is out now.

Visit Prime Stage Theatre's website to grab tickets, and visit Lawrence's website to see all his work.

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