Wayne Theatre To Stage Poe-Inspired Production For Halloween
The Wayne Theatre in Waynesboro is hosting "Deep into the Darkness," a limited engagement stage production that adapts Edgar Allen Poe's literary works with musical elements. The show, designed to be an unsettling experience, opens just in time for Halloween…
Harrisonburg, VA, October 20, 2026 —
The Wayne Theatre in Waynesboro is hosting Deep into the Darkness, a limited-engagement stage production adapting literary works by Edgar Allen Poe with musical elements. The production is scheduled to open around Halloween and run from Thursday through Sunday.
The show is described as designed to create an unsettling experience. Its format combines material drawn from Poe’s writing with music, though the available information does not identify which works are included or explain how they are adapted for the stage.
The engagement is limited, but the specific calendar dates and performance times were not provided. The announcement also did not include details about the cast, creative team, ticket availability or the production’s length.
The Wayne Theatre is the presenting venue, and Waynesboro is the location identified for the event. No further information was provided about the production’s staging or the musical elements. The Thursday-through-Sunday schedule gives the stated run pattern, but does not specify whether performances are planned for every day in that span.
With Halloween approaching, the production’s stated unsettling tone and Poe-based material place it within the season’s programming. Further details, including exact dates and showtimes, were not included in the information provided.
Story summarized from the original created by Michael Russo on www.whsv.com, see more information here.
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