←Recommendations of Under the Floorboards

It's unsettling, it's creepy, but in the same way, it's poetic. This is a fantastic piece that would allow three performers to connect and feed off each other's energy. Dana Hall creates a fantastic piece of on-stage thriller and draws the audience in with at first in-depth character review before letting them run wild and play with the minds of the audience. Bravo!

This is poetic and eerie. Worthy of Poe himself. I used to do dramatic competitions in high school and I could see this being a winning forensics multiple. So if you're a high school forensics coach, do consider this script. There is so much room for interp and performance here. Absolutely skillful production that attacks the male gaze in a violently satisfying thriller of a play.

A fan of Edgar Allen Poe's Tell-Tale Heart, I am in awe that DANA HALL has created a supplementary piece that has all the poetry and terror of Poe but with the addition of HALL's sharp mind and targeted message of female imprisonment. Brilliant - just brilliant - a perfect addition to any horror festival.

Wow, what an intense reworking of Poe's original work with a contemporary angle and edge that just fits it to a tee. Read it and listened to the audio version on The Ugly Radio (which was an excellent performance!) and just admired it so much. Loved Hall's successful retelling of a classic tale and finding a new way to haunt people with it. Excellent!

Just listened to this on The Ugly Radio podcast and what an aural treat it was. A creepy adaptation of Poe's Tell-Tale Heart, the device of splitting the Narrator into 3 distinct personas representing aspects of a disturbed mind only enhances the unsettling nature of the protagonists's mind. We are more able to see the turmoil and conflicts when presented this way. And, since this story's main conceit is sonic in nature, is is doubly apt to have heard it (impossible heartbeats and all) on the podcast. Just terrific from script to performances. Bravo.

This is a beautiful engineered adaptation of one of the most iconic tales of the macabre. Poe’s desperate narrator is shattered into pieces of the tumultuous inner mechanisms of a killer. Dana Hall has given us a truly theatrical experience, highlighting the deep pathos and psychosis of one of literature’s most famous murderers.

"Dana Hall's 'Under The Floorboards' is a riveting adaptation of Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart.' Set within the narrator's mind, it brilliantly personifies the ID, EGO, and SUPEREGO, offering a fresh perspective on the classic tale. The play's minimalistic set design and the haunting heartbeat sound effect create a tense atmosphere that underscores themes of insanity and societal oppression. This modern retelling is a powerful commentary on the constraints placed on women, making it a thought-provoking piece for contemporary audiences."

An adaptation of an eerie tale that when put through the lens that Hall places it, becomes even more haunting. A fine piece for those familiar with the inspiration and those who are not. Chilling and yet I can't get enough.

Dana Hall has created a first-rate adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s Tell-Tale Heart. Keeping all of the tension of the original, Hall skillfully puts a modern spin on it. And splitting the narrator into three characters to represent the divisions of the subconscious mind actually makes the sole perpetrator’s reasoning more chilling than the original. This should become a Halloween staple or any time a theater wants to provide a good scare.

I loved the way that this adaptation managed to update the story for a modern context while still keeping its grand, Gothic feel. The Freudian flair is really fun and well-handled; some plays that try to theatricalize the inner mind end up feeling kind of awkward or overly literal, but this play does a great job of making it highly theatrical with just a few elements. The gender-swapped story, tied into the unrealistic and impossible expectations placed on women, is a great way to make the story feel both timely and timeless. A creepy delight!