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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

🎟️Subscribe to our 2026/27 #theatre season at the #MerchantsHouse and save 20%! 📣A Christmas Carol at the Merchant’s House 11/24/2026 – 1/3/2027. Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe 3/30 – 4/18/2027, & Whitman in Love 6/1 – 6/13/2027. #NYC #NoHo #Dickens #Poe #Whitman #theater #literature

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Happy #Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 Before "homosexual" or "gay" existed in English, Whitman embraced phrenology—the study of skull bumps. Phrenologists called the brain's capacity for intense, same-sex bonding and lifelong companionship "adhesiveness.” Today, we celebrate Walt’s beautiful, "adhesive" vision of love.

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Thanks for the shout out New York Trend! newyorktrendnyc.com/2026/06/walt... 🎟️ Get tickets for Whitman in Love now: qrco.de/bgpyMK #theatre #theater #poetry #NYC #Whitman

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🙏 We thank Bibliothèque, Left Bank Books, NYU Bookstore, Codex, Book Club Bar, @strandbooks.com, & Westsider Books for participating in our free bookmark campaign. Support those who support the arts! 📚 🎟️ And get tickets now for Whitman in Love, June 24-28, 2026. qrco.de/bgpyMK

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🙏 We thank Drama Book Shop, Fountain Book Shop, @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social, @hivemindbookstore.bsky.social, @bgsqd.bsky.social, Mercer Street Books, Three Lives & Company for participating in our free bookmark campaign. Support those who support the arts! Whitman in Love, June 24-28. Link in bio.

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Happy Birthday, Walt! Born on May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman revolutionized American literature by breaking traditional poetic forms to celebrate democracy, the human body, and the interconnectedness of all life. Get tickets to our solo play, Whitman in Love, June 24-28. qrco.de/bgpyMK

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

📣 Become part of Whitman in Love by recording yourself reading a short selection from Calamus and submitting it for inclusion in the performance. 🎤 Visit our website for details: qrco.de/bgppUx *Thanks for the shout out @broadwayworld.com ! #Whitman #NYC #theatre #theater #poetry #LGBTQ #Pride

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Experience the "intimate" secrets of a #queer icon this #Pride Week. Set in the Merchant’s House garden, John Kevin Jones brings Walt Whitman’s private love letters & poetry to life in a 70-minute solo show, June 24–28, 2026. Tickets at the link in our bio! #Whitman #NYC #theatre #LGBTQ #poetry

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Step into the Merchant’s House garden for Whitman in Love, a 70-minute solo show unearthing the private love letters & "dangerous" poems Walt #Whitman once hid from the world. This performance celebrates Whitman’s place in queer history. June 24–28, 2026. Tickets: Link in bio. #theatre #theater

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

In an era before modern terminology existed, #WaltWhitman & Peter Doyle, fell in love. When they sat for this 1854 photo, their locked gazes quietly tested the boundaries of bohemian liberty. Celebrate #PrideNYC with Whitman in Love June 24–28, 2026. Tickets: link in bio. #theatre #theater #poetry

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

John Kevin Jones uncovers the intimate & dangerous secrets of a queer icon in Whitman in Love. Set in the Merchant’s House Museum garden, this 70-min show celebrates Whitman’s history by unearthing the raw, private poems he once hid from the world. June 24-28, 2026. Link in bio. #theatre #theater

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"I wondered how it could utter joyous leaves, standing alone there, without its friend, its lover near— for I knew I could not." - Live Oak, with Moss (Poem II) Get tickets today for #Whitman in Love in the Merchant’s House garden. Link in bio. #NYC #theatre #theater #poetry #LGBTQ #Pride

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Thanks to Maya at Unique Visuals NY for helping us print the #Whitman in Love posters at the Merchant’s House Museum. Get your tickets now. Link in bio. #theatre #theater #NYC #LGBTQ #Pride

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Get tickets now to see John Kevin Jones in Whitman in Love, #Pride week: June 24-28, 2026 in the Merchant's House Museum garden. #Whitman #WhitmanInLove #theatre #theater #NYC #LGBTQ

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

“I dreamed in a dream of a city where all the men were like brothers, O I saw them tenderly love each other––I often saw them, in numbers, walking hand in hand.” – “Live Oak, with Moss” (poem IX) Get tickets to see #WhitmanInLove. Link in bio. #Whitman #NYC #theatre #theater #poetry #LGBTQ #Pride

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

This remarkable 1865 photograph captures the profound, lifelong bond between Walt #Whitman & Peter Doyle, a young streetcar conductor. In a world lacking the modern vocabulary to define them, their locked gazes & resting hands spoke entirely for themselves. #WhitmanInLove #LGBTQ #Pride

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Witness the secrets of a queer icon in our evocative 70-minute solo show performed in the Merchant's House garden. We celebrate Walt #Whitman’s place in #NYC history by unearthing the private poems & letters he hid from the world. #Pride week: June 24-28, 2026. Reservations encouraged. Link in bio.

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Thanks to Robert Bannon for the great conversation with Kevin Jones. We’re sold out this weekend, but there are still some tickets available next week. Get yours now for Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe: Seance at the Merchant's House. Link in bio. youtu.be/4Ueellr4K-Y?...

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John Kevin Jones – Bringing Edgar Allan Poe To Life On Stage Here On The Roundtable!

YouTube video by Robert Bannon

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

A full house celebrating #Poe and #WorldTheatreDay watching John Kevin Jones in Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe: Seance at the Merchant’s House. Tickets still available next week. Come see us before we close April 5! #NYC

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

It’s opening night! We still have some tickets available, so come see us: www.summonersensemble.org/killing-an-e... Thanks to Mark Rifkin of This Week in NY for his nice review. #theatre #theater #Poe #EdgarAllanPoe #NYC

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Thanks for the shout out for our production of Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe @airmail.news! #NYC #theater #theatre

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Get tickets to Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe: Seance at the Merchant’s House before they’re gone! qrco.de/bgV2k3 This year, we’re joined by @sawlady.bsky.social Natalia Paruz playing the musical saw at every performance. [📸 of Natalia Paruz by Ignacio Guevara] #NYC #theater #theatre #music

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

We gratefully acknowledge support from our #NoHo neighbors Bleecker Street Bar & Swift Hibernian Lounge. Support those who support the arts! Also, get your tickets now for Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe: Seance at the Merchant's House. qrco.de/bga8Gu #NYC #theater #theatre

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Join us for a bone-chilling evening of irrational revenge, obsession, premeditated murder, dismemberment, & the very, very dark. Tickets for Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe: Seance at the Merchant’s House are going quickly! See it March 25–April 5, 2026. Get tickets now: qrco.de/bgXpLJ #NYC

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Get tickets now for Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe: Seance at the Merchant’s House. On March 29 & April 5, psychic medium Heather Carlucci will do group readings in the parlor following the performance. qrco.de/bgXpLJ #NYC #theater #theatre #psychic #Poe

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Support those who support the arts: Book Club Bar, Westsider Books, Enchantments, Left Bank Books, Bibliotheque, Sweet Pickle Books, @housingworksnyc.bsky.social, @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social, The Hound Books, & One Grand Books. Get your tickets now! qrco.de/bgXpLJ #NYC #theater #theatre

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

For pre and/or post-show eats & drinks, actor John Kevin Jones recommends Swift Hibernan Lounge & Misirizzi both in #NoHo near Merchant's House Museum. Read the full article on Stagebuddy stagebuddy.com/theater/thea... & get tickets to Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe! #NYC #theater #theatre

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

We gratefully acknowledge support from The Hound Books, One Grand Books, Drama Book Shop, Fountain Books, @twistedspinebooks.bsky.social, Mercer Street Books, & @strandbooks.com. Support those who support the arts & get tickets for Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe! qrco.de/bgXpLJ

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Come Poe one out for Edgar before the show in the Merchant’s House Museum's 19th-century kitchen. Enjoy nibbles, drinks, plus performances from @sawlady.bsky.social & actor John Kevin Jones. 6pm March 27, 8:30pm March 28, 6pm April 3, and 8:30pm April 4 only! $30. Reservations required. Link in bio.

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

We gratefully acknowledge the support from these #NYC businesses: Sweet Pickle Books, Left Bank Books, @mysteriousbookshop.com, Bibliothèque, Enchantments, and @nysoclib.bsky.social. Support those who support the arts!

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

We gratefully acknowledge support from these #NYC bookstores: The Drama Book Shop, Fountain Bookshop, McNally Jackson Books, @housingworksnyc.bsky.social, The Twisted Spine, Mercer Street Books, and Three Lives & Co. Support those who support the arts!

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

In the East Village, Hiding in Plain Sight: A Secret Passage to the Underground Railroad www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/n...

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In the East Village, Hiding in Plain Sight: A Secret Passage to the Underground Railroad

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

"It’s a groundbreaking discovery — a testament to the courage of the abolitionist movement in New York City.” The Merchant’s House Museum reveals its link to the #UndergroundRailroad. #NYC #BlackHistoryMonth

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Safe house linked to Underground Railroad discovered in Manhattan

The Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in the borough.

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Poe's "The Raven" turns 181 years old today! First published in the New York Evening Mirror on this day in 1845, it made Poe an overnight celebrity. Get tickets today to see Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe: Seance at the Merchant's House. www.summonersensemble.org #theatre #theater #NYC

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Natalia @sawlady.bsky.social Paruz will be joining us for Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe March 25 - April 5, 2026. Psychic medium Heather Carlucci joins us on March 29 & April 5 for a group readings following the performance. Get tickets @ link in bio. Thanks to @playbill.com! #theatre #NYC

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Happy birthday, Edgar Allan Poe! Born January 19, 1809 in #Boston, MA, #Poe is considered a pioneer of detective fiction and master of macabre literature. Join us March 25 - April 5, 2026 for the return of Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe! Link in bio. #theater #theatre #NYC

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

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The Dramatists Guild of America @dramatistsguild.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Don't miss our Contract Bootcamp this Thursday! DG Director of Business Affairs, Jessica Lit Esq., will be breaking down the newly revised Model Licensing Agreement and providing tips for negotiating with theatres and producers. Link in bio to register!

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

It's a wrap on A #Christmas Carol! Congrats to actors @vincegatton.bsky.social, John Kevin Jones, & our intrepid crew: Dan Renkin, @joeystocks.bsky.social, & Neil Polich. Thanks to our audiences + the staff & volunteers at the Merchant's House. Next up: Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe.

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

As we wind down our 13th season of sold out performances at the Merchant's House Museum, we're also nearly sold out of our unique #Christmas Carol merch: bottled wassail, magnets, and illustrated notecards. Only available on site while supplies last. #theatre #theater #NYC

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Our programs for A #Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House are full of information AND also a coupon for two for one admission to tour the #museum! Your attendance helps support both the Merchant's House and @summonersensemble.bsky.social. #NYC #theater #theatre

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Thanks to Rachel Sherman at @nytimes.com for highlighting our #holiday home streaming rental of A #Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House. Only $25 gets you unlimited views through January 1, 2026. www.summonersensemble.org/a-christmas-... #theatre #theater

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

SUPPORT THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE #ARTS! We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following independent bookstores: Then Drama Book Shop, Fountain Book Shop, @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social, @housingworksnyc.bsky.social, and @strandbooks.com THANK YOU.

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

A #Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House is SOLD OUT for 2025! Before you say "Bah, humbug" you can join our waiting list or stream our #holiday home rental. $25 gets you unlimited streams until January 1, 2026. www.summonersensemble.org

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

We’re in print! Thanks again @nytimes.com for listing us among the “11 Shows That Are Certain to Spice Up Your #Holidays.” Get tickets today! Link in bio. #theatre #theater #NYC

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Summoners Ensemble Theatre @summonersensemble.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

"For purists...this production of A #Christmas Carol feels like a time-transporting journey back to what the #holiday is supposed to be all about." Thanks to John Soltes of Hollywood Soapbox for the kind words. Get tickets today: www.summonersensemble.org #theater #theatre #nyc

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