Student Programs: Poe

Pennsylvania State Standards
for
"Poe Evermore"
(From PA Content Standards
Grade Level Benchmarks)

Pre-show Standards:
1.3 Reading, Analyzing and Interpreting Literature, points A-F

1.6 Speaking and Listening,
points B-E

Pre-show Goals:
Students should read and discuss works by Edgar Allan Poe. They should learn the characteristics of gothic literature. Students can discuss plot, character development, elements of the short story genre, and theme.

Show Standards:
1.3 Reading, Analyzing and Interpreting Literature, points B-E

1.6 Speaking and Listening,
points B, D-F

Show Goals:
Students will view dramatic presentation of works written by Poe and will participate in discussions of Poe and gothic literature.

Post-show Standards:
1.2 Reading Critically and All Content Areas. Points A and B
1.3 Reading, Analyzing and Interpreting Literature,
points B, C and E
1.4 Types of Writing, points A
1.5 Quality of Writing, points A-F

From the beginning of his career, Edgar Allan Poe considered himself first and foremost a poet. In his prose, Poe is best remembered for his tales of psychological horror and suspense. In is poetry, however, we find the true artist struggling with the themes that were closest to him -- themes of the loss of childhood, innocence, alienation, despair, death, and love lost.

Today, more than 150 years following his death, Poe remains one of the most talked about, written about and argued about writers of American literature. Perhaps it's little wonder then the success, since 1989, of the annual Mansion celebration of Poe's prose and poetry in what we continue to dub "Poe Evermore."

When your students come to Poe Evermore they will experience the mystery and macabre of the following:

The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether

An unwitting visitor spends an uneasy evening in a French Madhouse, where it soon becomes apparent that the patients have taken over, led by the former superintendent, who is now quite mad, himself! The play is performed in Mount Hope’s trademark interactive style.

The Tell Tale Heart

Watch, spellbound, as a heartless murderer confesses to a cold-blooded crime and the
paranoid delusions that led to an inexorable, inevitable downfall.

Berenice

A vivacious young woman becomes mysteriously ill until the only part of her remaining healthy is her teeth which her trance-prone cousin begins to covet… even on her deathbed… and especially after her death…

The Raven

Poe’s classic poem of a love lost, a living death and a persistent, unwelcome tap-tap-tapping avian visitor. Of course, when the Master of the Macabre is about, other tales of woe and unrequited love are sure to follow.

Cask of Amontillado '07

Poe in Performance of the Raven '07

2008 Poe Evermore School Performance Dates

Number in parenthesis indicates remaining seats

Please Note that Red Indicates Sold Out Performance

Friday, October 31 – 9:00 AM & 12:30 PM (29)
Monday, November 3 – 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday, November 4 – 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM (40)
Wednesday, November 5 – 9:30 AM & 12:30 PM (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, November 6 – 9:30 AM & 12:30 PM (80)
Friday, November 7 – 9:30 AM & 12:30 PM (40)
Monday, November 10 – 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM (160)
Tuesday, November 11 – 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM (25)
Wednesday, November 12 – 9:30 AM (160) & 12:30 PM (40)
Thursday, November 13 – 9:30 AM (180) & 12:30 PM (80)
Friday, November 14 – 9:30 AM & 12:30 PM (SOLD OUT)

- Capacity of 220 per performance.
- Performances run approximately two hours in length.

Payment Terms

Cost: $14.00 Per Student / Extra Chaperone
$100 Deposit Required for All Shows. Balance due 30 days before performance.
Cancellations: All payments refunded up to 30 days prior to reserved date.

For reservations contact Candace Smith at

candace@parenfaire.com or (717) 665-7021, Ext. 138.

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