5th Annual PoeFest Presents 10 Nights of Ghostly Interactions

| October 8, 2022 | 0 Comments

Write Out Loud presents the 5th Annual San Diego PoeFest, in performance from Friday, October 14 through Friday, October 30 at the Villa Montezuma Museum, located at 1925 K St., San Diego 92102. 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. Celebrate the strange, the inexplicable, the other-worldly with the Master of the Macabre, Edgar Allan Poe.

The two available programs are called PoeFest New and PoeFest Reprise.

PoeFest New (Friday, October 14; Saturday, October 15; Saturday, October 22; Friday, October 28; and Saturday, October 29)

Performances are at 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. During the 75-minute experience, visitors will enjoy:

  • “The Weird Sisters” features Sandra Ruiz and Liliana Talwatte
  • “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” features Steven Lone
  • “The Raven” features Travis Rhett Wilson (Paul Maley on October 15)
  • “An Audience with Mary Shelley” features Megan Carmitchel

Guests will be hosted and guided by the mansion’s staff, Pamela Brittain, Walter Ritter, and Rachael VanWormer

PoeFest Reprise (Sunday, October 16; Friday, October 21; Sunday, October 23; Thursday, October 27; and Sunday, October 30)

Performances are at 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. During the 75-minute experience, visitors will enjoy:

  • “Literary Séance with Madame Philomena” features Rhianna Basore
  • “The Trial of Dr Faustus” features Monique Gaffney and Eddie Yaroch
  • “Dr. Frankenstein’s Laboratory” features Paul Maley and John Garcia
  • “Encounter with Edgar Allan Poe” features Travis Rhett Wilson

Guests will be hosted and guided by the mansion’s staff, Walter Ritter, Rachael VanWormer and Pamela Brittain.

This year – there will be two separate programs performed in rotation – you can experience one or both. The $30 ticket for each includes the event and reserved parking at Sherman Elementary School. Patrons can reserve tickets at https://writeoutloudsd.com/poefest/ or by calling 619-297-8953.

Monique Gaffney will present “The Trial of Dr. Faustus.”

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