BRATTLEBORO — The Baker Street Readers will release a first album, The Poe Project, on Oct. 26.
The Readers, James Gelter and Tony Grobe, usually perform Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, first as a monthly live show and now as a podcast available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Patreon.
For their next project, the Readers have decided to dive into another 19th-century author's work: that of Edgar Allan Poe.
The Poe Project will not be a simple audiobook, but an immersive piece of audio theater. Listeners will hear a number of Poe's greatest short stories and poems, including The Cask of Amontillado, The Purloined Letter, and The Raven, with sound effects, music, and audio engineering designed to pull listeners further into the world of Poe's characters.
All stories will be read by Gelter and Grobe, with special guest Jonathan Kinnersley, and will be recorded at the Latchis Theatre.