David Keltz

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David Keltz is a Baltimore, Maryland-based actor, notable for his one-man performances as American author Edgar Allan Poe.

Keltz's Poe performance boasts more than four hours worth of Poe tales, poems, and quotes and has been seen at Westminster Hall and Burying Ground for Poe's annual birthday celebration, in Prague at the International Poe Festival in 1999, and in commercials for the National Football League team the Baltimore Ravens. He has also performed at colleges and universities such as Cornell University, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, University of Virginia, and Washington & Jefferson College.

Among some of the works that Keltz has adapted into his performance are:

• "Annabel Lee"
• "Eldorado"
• "The Raven"
• The Black Cat
• The Cask of Amontillado
• The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
• Hop-Frog
• Some Words with a Mummy
• The Spectacles
• The Tell-Tale Heart

Keltz has also performed on stage as H. L. Mencken and D. H. Lawrence.

Keltz holds a B.A. in Theatre from Florida Atlantic University. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

[edit] External Links

• David Keltz home page