The Magic Circle Theater Company

09/19/2011

Thanks to everyone who helped make our first Fringe production such a success. And now, we think about what to do next. Stay tuned!

09/15/2011

For tonight's 10pm performance of Solo Tales of Terror: Lovecraft & Stoker, if you say Cthulhu or Nosferatu at the door you get $10 tickets!

09/09/2011

Great mini-review of the opening night performance of Solo Tales of Terror: Lovecraft & Stoker. 5 more chances to see this double bill of scary stories in the Fringe!

And that was how it started. Many moons later, you can see Chris embody H.P. Lovecraft’s classic character, as part of Magic Circle Theater Company‘s SOLO TALES OF TERROR at the Philly Fringe. He’s joined by Josh Hitchins doing a powerful one-man version of DRACULA, and the double bill is a deal at...

09/08/2011

"Reading leads to terrible consequences." - From "The Statement of Randolph Carter." Solo Tales of Terror: Lovecraft & Stoker opens on this dark and stormy night!

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09/06/2011

"And as she arched her neck, she actually licked her lips like an animal." - From "Stoker's Dracula" in Solo Tales of Terror: Lovecraft & Stoker, opening Thursday!

09/02/2011

So many great solo performances to see! Get your tickets to Solo Tales of Terror: Lovecraft & Stoker at http://www.magiccircletheater.com

One-man (or -woman) plays are a Fringe staple. Intimate and portable, they allow a single artist - typically both writer and performer - to reach an audience without sponsorship by an established organization.

08/26/2011

On iTunes, listen to an interview with Josh Hitchens and Christopher Morse about Solo Tales of Terror: Lovecraft & Stoker.

Writing a completely new work for theatre can be terrifying, but so can adapting a well-known or much-loved piece. Join host Kristen Scatton as she talks to Josh Hitchens and Christopher Morse, the men behind “Solo Tales of Terror: Lovecraft and Stoker,” one-man adaptations of the horror classics “T...

08/23/2011

Only a few weeks before Solo Tales of Terror: Lovecraft & Stoker starts haunting the 2nd Stage at the Adrienne, so get your tickets early!

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08/23/2011

H.P. Lovecraft's "The Statement of Randolph Carter"
Adapted and Performed by Chris Morse

"Stoker's Dracula"
Adapted and Performed by Josh Hitchens
Directed by J. Kenneth Jordan

Two classics of Gothic Horror are brought to the stage in a pair of chilling one-man adaptations by Chris Morse and Josh Hitchens. H.P. Lovecraft's "The Statement of Randolph Carter" and Stoker's "Dracula" will bring you to the mountains of madness and over the edge. For mature audiences only.

Praise for Stoker's Dracula:
"You may have seen one of the hundreds of adaptations of the book, but you have never seen any quite like this . . . Intensely frightening." - Brian Stone, WHYY Newsworks.

For Tickets, please visit http://www.magiccircletheater.com/

Thursday, September 8 - 10pm
Saturday, September 10 - 7pm
Sunday, September 11 - 1pm
Thursday, September 15 - 10pm
Friday, September 16 - 10pm
Saturday, September 17 - 4pm

2011 Philly Fringe Festival
2nd Stage at the Adrienne
Tickets - $20

"I reply that I knew nothing beyond what I saw. Vision or nightmare it may have been. Vision or nightmare I fervently hope it was. Yet it is all that my mind retains of what took place in those shocking hours after we left the sight of men. And why Harley Warren did not return, he or his shade - or some nameless thing I cannot describe - alone can tell."

- From "The Statement of Randolph Carter" by H.P. Lovecraft, Adapted by Chris Morse.

I heard a heavy step approaching behind the great door. Then there was the sound of rattling chains, and a key was turned in the lock with the loud, grating noise of long disuse, and the great door swung back. Within, stood a tall old man, clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck of color about him anywhere.

"Welcome to my house. Enter freely, and of your own will."

- From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker, Adapted by Josh Hitchens.

07/20/2011

Tickets are now on sale for our first Philly Fringe show: Solo Tales of Terror: Lovecraft & Stoker. We're bringing Halloween to the Fringe!

05/31/2011

Magic Circle brings Terror to the Philly Fringe! Updates to follow.

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04/19/2011

Coming to Philly Fringe 2011 - "Solo Tales of Terror: Lovecraft & Stoker." A double feature of Gothic Horror, featuring H.P. Lovecraft's "The Statement of Randolph Carter" adapted and performed by Christopher Morse and "Stoker's Dracula" adapted and performed by Josh Hitchens.