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Audiences loved this year's Virtual POEFEST! Based on input from patrons - Write Out Loud has made the filmed stories accessible again through DECEMBER 6th. Current tickets holders MAY rewatch their favorite programs - or catch the ones they missed. New patrons MAY purchase a ticket to experience some of San Diego's finest actors performing works of Poe and other authors of the phantasmic - filmed in Old Town's historic Adobe Chapel. https://writeoutloud.ticketspice.com/poefest
WRITE OUT LOUD, an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading literature aloud for a live audience, announces the third Annual San Diego (VIrtual) PoeFest, streaming from OCTOBER 23rd - NOVEMBER 8th. PoeFest is produced by Write Out Loud in partnership with Save Our Heritage Organisation.
Artistic Director, Veronica Murphy shared "Everybody loves the wonderfully chilling stories of Poe. And there are so many authors to explore that have followed in his footsteps. Virtual is our only option for storytelling now - so we are embracing the challenge of capturing a phantasmic theatrical experience on video. We've recreated the atmosphere, filming by candlelight in the Historic Adobe Chapel in Old Town."
Six Poe-vocative Programs hosted by Edgar Allan Poe!
Performers include Brittney Caldwell, Manny Fernandes, Linda Libby, Brian Mackey, Paul Maley, Sandra Ruiz, Rachael VanWormer, and Travis Rhett Wilson as Edgar Allan Poe.
Join Mr. Poe himself, through six episodes of fully staged theatrical performances of short stories of the macabre, including "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "La Llorona" and more.
Programs include:
An Evening with Mr. Poe and The Masque of the Red Death"
Featuring Travis Rhett Wilson as Edgar Allan Poe
Maligned Mothers
"The Bells" by E A. Poe
"To My Mother" by E.A. Poe
"La Llorona" - a Latin American Folktale (bilingual)
"Mama Gone" by Jane Yolen
Guilty - Pleasure?
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by E.A. Poe
"Sonnet--to Science" by E.A. Poe
"The Statement of Randolph Carter" by H.P. Lovecraft
Shades of Poe
"The Raven" by E.A. Poe
"Why The Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling" by E.A. Poe
"Fairy-Land" by E.A. Poe
Voodoo
"The Conqueror Worm" by E.A. Poe
"Boogah Man" & "The Haunted Oak" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"The Lips" by Henry S. Whitehead
The Yellow Wallpaper
"A Dream Within a Dream" by E.A. Poe
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Individual programs are $13 each, or you MAY access all six with a VIP Festival Pass for $50.
VIP Festival Pass includes access to all six programs. Tickets MAY be purchased online https://writeoutloud.ticketspice.com/poefest or by calling 619-297-8953
Write Out Loud serves over 23,000 people annually with their core programs: In addition to PoeFest, Write Out Loud presents a six show season of Story Concerts, Voices of Ireland each MARCH, Twainfest - an annual free family celebration of 19th Century Literature, StoryBox Theatre (kamishibai) for elementary students, Poetry Out Loud for high school students, Ripples From Walden Pond - a one-man play about Henry David Thoreau, Stories for Seniors, The NEA Big Read in San Diego and, new since MARCH 16th, Listen To This - stories recorded by local actors delivered 6 days a week via email..
News About POEFEST at Write Out Loud
WRITE OUT LOUD Continues to Celebrate 2024 NEA Big Read with Community Events
April 20, 2024Write Out Loud - an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading short stories aloud for a live audience continues to celebrate the 2024 NEA BIG READ with community events. These community events celebrate the novel Circe by Madeleine Miller and Mythology by Edith Hamilton.
Write Out Loud Performs POE AND COMPANY This Month
October 17, 2023WRITE OUT LOUD will present “Poe and Company”, an evening with Mr. Poe and literature of the macabre at the Villa Montezuma Museum in Sherman Heights.
5th Annual San Diego PoeFest Set For Next Month
September 14, 2022WRITE 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 the 5th Annual San Diego PoeFest, in performance from October 14th - 30th at the Villa Montezuma Museum in Sherman Heights.
Write Out Loud Announces CLASSICS and More for 16th Season of Story Concerts
September 11, 2022Write Out Loud - an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading literature aloud for a live audience announces CLASSICS the first production in their Season XVI on Monday, September 19th at the Old Town Theatre.
Write Out Loud to Present THE GIVING SEASON at Old Town Theatre
December 03, 2021Write Out Loud - an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading short stories aloud for a live audience announces THE GIVING SEASON - CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK on Monday, December 13th at the Old Town Theatre.
Write Out Loud Announces 4th Annual POEFEST
September 30, 2021Write Out Loud is gearing up for the 4th Annual San Diego PoeFest, in performance from October 29th - 31st at 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.
Write Out Loud Announces the 12th Annual TWAINFEST
August 10, 2021Twainfest will take place on Saturday, August 21st from 11am - 6pm. This year, Write Out Loud's Twainfest takes place in the brand new location of Heritage County Park.
Kate Linggi Of OLP To Move On To CA Poetry Out Loud State Finals!
February 19, 2021Kate Linggi, a Senior at Academy of Our Lady of Peace in San Diego, took first place in the 2021 countywide Virtual Poetry Out Loud competition on February 10th.
This Year's Virtual POEFEST Extended
November 27, 2020Audiences loved this year’s Virtual POEFEST! Based on input from patrons – Write Out Loud has made the filmed stories accessible again through December 6th. Current tickets holders may rewatch their favorite programs – or catch the ones they missed.
Write Out Loud Announces 3rd Annual Virtual POEFEST
October 05, 2020WRITE OUT LOUD, an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading literature aloud for a live audience, announces the third Annual San Diego (VIrtual) PoeFest, streaming from October 23rd - November 1st. PoeFest is produced by Write Out Loud in partnership with Save Our Heritage Organisation.
Write Out Loud Receives 15K NEA Big Read Grant!
June 17, 2020Write Out Loud is a recipient of a grant of $15,000 to host the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read in San Diego. An Arts Endowment initiative in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book.
Write Out Loud Presents WILD WOMAN DON'T WORRY
January 24, 2020Write Out Loud - an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading literature aloud for a live audience announces WILD WOMEN DON'T WORRY, on Monday, February 3rd at the Old Town Theatre.
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS With Write Out Loud Comes to the Old Town Theatre
December 03, 2019Write Out Loud - an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading literature aloud for a live audience announces HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, on Tuesday, December 10th at the Old Town Theatre. Write Out Loud's annual holiday program is a unique collection of Christmas and Hanukkah stories and music. Write Out Loud Story Concerts bring literature to life - aloud - with rehearsed readings by professional actors. Each program explores specific themes by weaving a variety of stories, poems, and music, together into a literary tapestry. San Diego veteran actors Tom Andrew (Cygnet's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE), Brittney M. Caldwell (Cygnet's THE VIRGIN TRIAL), Paul Maley (long time Lamb's Players performer), and Rachael Van Wormer (Write Out Loud's Associate Artistic Director), join Co-Founders Veronica Murphy and Walter Ritter to celebrate the joy, nostalgia and generosity of the season. A pre-show reception starts at 6:15pm with a 7:00pm curtain.
POEFEST Presents 3 Poevocative Weekends Of Ghostly Stories!
September 27, 2019WRITE OUT LOUD, an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading literature aloud for a live audience announces the Second Annual San Diego PoeFest, running from October 11th - 27th at the historic Adobe Chapel in Old Town, San Diego. PoeFest is produced by Write Out Loud in partnership with Save Our Heritage Organisation.
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Taptastic at the Fringe Festival
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The Connie Converse Universe
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Material Girls: Tribute to Madonna, Cher, Lady Gaga and Adele
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DJ Quik Featuring Jon B. | Rodney-O & Joe Cooley | Kahlil Nash
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TL;DR Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix
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Stranger Sings! A Parody Musical
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