“He came out of the earth hating…” In the year 2349, burial is banned. So is superstition, and even Halloween! But in the last graveyard on Earth, an angry, lonely 400 year-old corpse awakens. William Lantry is the last dead man on Earth, but not
Ray Bradbury’s love of Halloween was deep as a lonely grave under an October moon.
If you love All Hallow’s Eve that way – if your heart thrills to the sound of a graveyard wind; then drag your bones to the District this Halloween weekend for Ray Bradbury’s Pillar Of Fire.
Emmy-winner and horror icon Bill Oberst Jr.’s performance of Bradbury’s 1948 novella is spooky, poignant and poetic.
It’s an award-winning solo theatrical reading of the darkest and angriest piece Ray Bradbury ever wrote – his Hymn To Halloween. (One Act, 55 minutes)
“Oberst does not perform the role of Lantry; he exists in it.” – Los Angeles review
“Bradbury at his early best. It’s dark as hell. It sings.” – New York review
Pillar of Fire is read with the permission of Don Congdon Associates, Inc. on behalf of Ray Bradbury Enterprises, Inc. Copyright 1948 Love Romances, Inc.
$30:00 ticket price
Phone: 317 522 8099
Email: pmoffat39@gmail.com
2021/10/28 - 2021/10/29
Additional time info:
Enjoy a pre show FREE concert in the Foyer from The Young Guns Jazz Band on Friday
October 29
District Theatre
627 Massachusetts Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46204
Metered parking is available on Mass Ave. The Penrose Garage is available for an hourly rate and Zion Evangelical Church has surface parking at the corner of North & New Jersey, just a short walk to the theatre.