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Tales of Poe: Lecture and Show SOLD OUT

Thursday, October 11, 2018
6:00 pm9:00 pm
Joslyn Castle, 3902 Davenport Street, Omaha, NE 68131

Metropolitan Community College Theatre Program presents "Tales of Poe," an evening featuring five Edgar Allan Poe stories and four poems performed throughout the Castle!

The dramatizations will include The Tell-Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Cask of Amontillado, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Imp of the Perverse, as well as the poems Annabel Lee, The Spirits of the Dead, and The Raven.

The audience will move from room to room, led by a docent that will perform the poems.

Prior to tonight's performances at 6:30pm, a lecture on Poe’s creative process and his essay, The Philosophy of Composition, will be given by MCC Theatre Program Coordinator Scott Working.

Doors open at 6:00pm. Shows begin at 7:30pm and a reception and discussion will be held following each performance.

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