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Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

“The Telltale Heart” based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe
Dramatized by Luella McMahon.
“The Halloween Trilogy” scripts by Cecilia Fannan and John de Lancie

Mar. 9-24, 2012 • Wells Fargo Playhouse
Front Orchestra $18 / General Section $14

Join us for a pair of spine-tingling tales from the delightfully morbid mind of Edgar Allan Poe. In “The Telltale Heart,” a murderer is undone by his own insanity as the incessant pounding of his victim’s heart grows louder in his ears. This story is paired with “The Cask of Amontillado,” in which a connoisseur of fine wines takes horrible revenge on his family’s most hated enemy. Poe’s dark genius has invited children and adults to love literature for over 150 years, and his eerie thrillers still haunt our imaginations today.

One Act • For Ages 11+/Grades 6+
Best enjoyed by Middle and High School ages

Target Family Time Performance: Friday, Mar. 16, 7:30 pm
Buy one get one free!*

Signed language performance for
hearing impaired on Sat., Mar. 24, 7:30 pm**

"It's pure theater, meant to astound
rather than amuse, and the hour-long
show reminds us how even a jaded
imagination might be stimulated..."
- Lawrence Toppman,
The Charlotte Observer (Full Review)

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1. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
2. Nosforatu
3. The Phantom of the Opera
4. Frankenstein
5. Dracula
6. The Mummy
7. The Bride of Frankenstein
8. The Wolfman
9. The Thing From Another World
10. The Creature from the Black Lagoon
11. Psycho
12. Village of the Damned
13. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
14. Rosemary's Baby
15. Night of the Living Dead
16. The Abominable Dr. Phibes
17. The Exorcist
18. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
19. The Omen
20. Carrie
21. Halloween
22. Magic
23. Alien
24. Phantasm
25. The Shining
26. Friday the 13th
27. The Evil Dead
28. An American Werewolf in London
29. Poltergeist
30. The Thing
31. A Nightmare on Elm Street
32. Children of the Corn
33. Fright Night
34. Hellraiser
35. The Lost Boys
36. Child's Play
37. Misery
38. The Silence of the Lambs
39. Candyman
40. Scream
41. The Blair Witch Project
42. Jeeper's Creepers
43. The Ring
44. Saw
45. The Grudge