The Village Players Theatre, 2740 Upton Avenue, will present “Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe,” Friday, October 29 and Saturday, October 30, 8 p.m., and Sunday, October 31, 2 p.m.

In the production, Edgar Allan Poe stands alone in the flickering darkness of his mind, trying desperately to convince himself that he’s not mad. The spell he weaves brings a highly theatrical adaptation of four tales Poe …