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Last Chance! Poe: Pulse & Pendulum Must Close April 12!
Tickets: https://theatreobscurala.ludus.com/
Video by Joe Camareno

Backstage before the show. Friends in the audience tonight.

Breathe…

#WorkingActor

Audience reactions to Theatre Obscura L.A.Poe: Pulse & Pendulum

I am floored. Wow, what a review! Thank you, Thom!

Link to the full review in my stories.

“As the sole-performer in this opening piece, Joe Camareno—playing the Recusant—moves through the room in near constant motion.At times he passes close enough by that you’ll feel the air shift; moments later he’s fully across the invisible playing space in close proximity to others.Wherever he happens to be, his voice carries with clarity as he retraces the terror of his imprisonment during that living hell that was the Inquisition.Camareno’s rich, expressive delivery captures both the despair of hopelessness and the sheer exultation of survival, all within an entirely unseen performance.And, it’s quite a bit of real estate indeed for a single actor to cover alone as he works the large space, but he handles the physical and emotional demands of the role beautifully.”

“This L.A. play wants you to feel the story viscerally — by keeping you blindfolded” - Todd Martens, LA TIMES - Photo by Joe Camareno

https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2026-03-26/poe-pulse-pendulum-theatre-obscura-la

Edward: "Why will you say that I am mad?"

The Recusant's testimony.

Poe: Pulse and Pendulum Opens March 20th!
Experience two of Edgar Allan Poe’s tales of terror in total darkness.
The Count's Den at 1039 S Olive St. Los Angeles 90015
12 performances | March 20 - April 12, Fri, Sat, Sun at 8pm
Tickets available at: https://theatreobscurala.ludus.com/

- Video by Joe Camareno

"It was not that I feared to look upon things horrible,
but that there should be nothing to see."
The Pit & the Pendulum
Directed by Paul Millet

Poe: Pulse and Pendulum Opens March 20th!
Experience two of Edgar Allan Poe’s tales of terror in total darkness.
The Count's Den at 1039 S Olive St. Los Angeles 90015
12 performances | March 20 - April 12, Fri, Sat, Sun at 8pm
Tickets available at: https://theatreobscurala.ludus.com/

- Photo by Eric Keitel

"Sir! Why are you doing that with your chair?"
"We have pests under the floor.Vermin!"
The Tell-Tale Heart
Directed by Gabrieal Griego

Poe: Pulse and Pendulum Opens March 20th!
Experience two of Edgar Allan Poe’s tales of terror in total darkness.
The Count's Den at 1039 S Olive St. Los Angeles 90015

12 performances | March 20 - April 12, Fri, Sat, Sun at 8pm
Tickets available at: https://theatreobscurala.ludus.com/

- Photo by Eric Keitel

Poe: Pulse and Pendulum Opens March 20th!
Experience two of Edgar Allan Poe’s tales of terror in total darkness.
The Tell-Tale Heart stars: Eric Keitel, Richard Large, Andrew Thacher, Andrew Villarreal & The Pit & the Pendulum stars: Joe Camareno & Melissa Lugo (shared role)
The Count's Den at 1039 S Olive St. Los Angeles 90015
12 performances | March 20 - April 12, Fri, Sat, Sun at 8pm
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Tickets available at: https://theatreobscurala.ludus.com/
Video by Joe Camareno

I FINALLY got to watch our play
Only NOW can I see just how brilliant the cast was
THANK YOU Duffy Hudson Peyton McCormick Zander Raphael Heidi Appe Robert Arthur Angell IV Jennifer Novak Chun Rachel Adams Immersive Art Collective & The Count’s Den for EVERYTHING
THANK YOU to EVERYONE who supported Last Case of Doctor Watson

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