PoeFest
An evening of the phantasmal
- Villa Montezuma Museum in Sherman Heights
- October 16th – 31st
- Fridays and Saturdays
Friday, October 16 & Saturday, October 17 - Friday, October 23 & Saturday, October 24
- Friday, October 30 & Saturday, October 31
Three performances each night – 6pm, 7:30pm, 9pm
WRITE OUT LOUD, an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading literature aloud for audiences of all ages, announces “Poefest” co-directed by Rachael VanWormer and Veronica Murphy. Performances will take place on October 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and 31, with three performances each evening at 6:00pm, 7:30pm and 9:00pm. Performances take place throughout the Villa Montezuma Museum in Sherman Heights. This historic Queen Anne Victorian was named “The Palace of the Arts,” by Jessie Shepard, the musician, spiritualist and author who designed it in 1887. Tickets are $35. Patrons can reserve tickets at https://writeoutloudsd.com/or by calling 619-944-8953

The master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, and his compatriots are back! PoeFest is a gothic evening of supernatural stories featuring witches, voodoo and one of Poe’s most ghastly tales, The Premature Burial. Experience this gripping imagery, shared by veteran Poe performers Rhianna Basore, Manny Fernandez, Monique Gaffney, Eddie Yaroch, Walter Ritter, and Veronica Murphy, and new to PoeFest, Geoffrey Geisinger.
Artistic Director Veronica Murphy shared “Mr. Poe and those who have followed in his footsteps, provide an evening of hauntingly creepy stories that will make your spine tingle. The Villa Montezuma is the perfect setting for exploring the mysteries that await in the literature of the macabre.“
Location:The Villa Montezuma Museum is located at 1925 K Street., San Diego 92102. The Villa Montezuma is an historic building with no elevator.
Write Out Loud serves over 30,000 people annually with their core programs: In addition to PoeFest, Write Out Loud presents a six show season of Story Concerts; Kamishibai (StoryBox Theatre) for elementary students; Poetry Out Loud for high school students; Let Your Voice Be Heard – a youth poetry writing initiative; Read Imagine Create for teens’; American Literary Heroes (authors brought to life); Stories for Seniors and Seniors Readers Theatre.
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