2018 Edgar Allan Poe Festival

See it if Its a part of radio days by update, and you see the actor, hear the background sounds part of the story.

Don't see it if Do not like stories.

Also They all have beautiful clear voices. The stories and poetry were excellent. This was my first time going to anything like is. They do different stories and poetry each performance.... Read more Read less

See it if You like storytelling and using imagination to visualize characters and settings. Can follow same actors in different roles and stories

Don't see it if You need a big production and don’t enjoy radio plays or staged readings. Don’t care for Poe’s writing

See it if You are between the ages of 12 and 13 and love listening to stories in a dark church. You’ve read the series of books written by Michael

Don't see it if You don’t like shows that promise more than they deliver. You want staging. You like actors who relate to one another. You love Poe.

Also Green called The Art of Coarse Acting and want to see these books brought to life by actors trilling their ‘r’s’ and vibrating their vocal chords and making everything sound the same for ninety minutes. VERY LOUDLY. You hope for Vincent Price only to get Colin Clive. IT’S ALIVE! IT’S ALIVE! The church in which this travesty takes place is quite charming. Built in 1821. But it is small.
The actors and the stories by Poe suffer from the overacting and over-amplification. The musical background
works better than anything in the show.... Read more Read less

See it if You enjoy seeing a great author’s work rewritten, dumbed down and generally disrespected. The works presented here ARE NOT WRITTEN BY POE.

Don't see it if You enjoy reading Poe stories and poems that haven’t been tampered with to try to “bring them up to date.”

Also It is unclear in their advertising and on their postcards that these stories are adaptations and pale in comparison to the original works of the great Edgar Allan Poe.... Read more Read less