"The scenic design by Susan Zeeman Rogers and lighting by Keith Parham provide a rich and provocative setting that is letter-perfect.  From the pure whites of Poe's hospital room in Baltimore to the blood-red trappings of both New York salon life and Poe's afterlife, the setting imbues the work with the kind of texture that the best production design does.  The play is among the most beautifully apt that Trinity has created all season." "

"Thorne's play is made even more appealing with costumes by William Lane and Susan Zeeman Rogers' sets that provide the perfect backdrop to the scenes that take place in the sterile, institutional hospital, a wealthy salon in Newport and the wrought-iron gated afterlife of Poe's last days, and beyond. "