Electric Poe 2021

THE COTERIE (At Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd, Suite 144, Kansas City, MO, 64108-2520) presents a Union Cemetery Historical Society outdoor production ELECTRIC POE 2021 September 16, 2021- October 31, 2021 Adapted by Jeff Church Music by Rex Hobart Featuring R.H. Wilhoit and Rex Hobart Performed outdoors in Kansas City’s hidden gem, a return engagement featuring two new Poe stories this year! The Pit and the Pendulum - a man is sentenced by The Inquisition to various unspeakable tortures in a diabolical chamber of horrors. In The Tomb of Ligeia, we have Poe's twist on reanimating the dead. Treat yourself and your family to superb acting accompanied by atmospheric electric guitar underscoring in front of the “Holding Vault,” circa 1857. (Guided Cemetery Tour packages before the show are available the first two weekends of the run - see below for details.) Want to get your theatre kids ready for this spine-tingling experience or just introduce them to the original fright king? Here's a list of kid/teen- friendly fiction and nonfiction books about or based on the life of author Edgar Allen Poe. So grab a flashlight and your favorite stuffed animal for a family fright fest!