Shuddersome: Tales of Poe

Our audiences have doubled this tour and I think it is a direct result of this script.

This play allowed for all of my students to have a chance to have bigger parts, especially those who might get over shadowed by a senior. It allowed everyone a moment to shine.

I really feel the entire company has come to appreciate Poe as they hadn't before.

I appreciate the blocking for The Raven and other tips that were included in the script.

Had the best of experiences producing this with my class of 13-15 year olds. Many thanks!

I really loved producing and directing this play. There is so much you can do with the content, scene and costumes. This play gave my students the opportunity to work with prose, mask, backdrops, scene changes, voice, soundscape, movement and so much more.

My students loved the show and really got into it.

We used it as entertainment during our school's Trunk or Treat event instead of creating a haunted house. The audience loved the presentation and requested similar shows in the future.

The audiences LOVED it, and we were told by many different patrons that it was the best or neatest thing they had seen a high school group do. I loved that it let everyone be involved in the whole production and it made them all feel like they had important roles. It enabled everyone to have a moment to shine at one point or another by being a character in the story.

Easy to keep all students included and occupied throughout the show. Fun and creepy adaptations of Poe's works.

Great experience for my Theatre 2 students! And the audiences really liked it. A great ensemble piece.

This was a super fun and challenging play!

I loved the adaptation of the stories! We performed this at the Maine Principals Association Regional Drama festival and won! The Shudders are an effective way to enhance the stories and we received a judge's commendation for their roles, along with an all festival cast nod for the student who played “Young" and a lighting award. This play was our first horror and we had an amazing time with it.

This play is a very unique adaptation of classic Poe stories using original text. The script uses unison text like a Greek chorus. I highly recommend this script for advanced theatre students who are interested in challenging material. This script is not for beginner acting students, but the text could be used beautifully on-book in a staged-reading for beginner/intermediate level. This show is an accomplishment!

I am very proud of this Middle School Drama Club and what they have accomplished in this virtual performance. Many of them are in 6th grade and have never been in a play before. We are a virtual school and this play was very flexible and easy to work with in Zoom. We received extremely positive feedback from our students, staff, and families!

This is a terrific but challenging play to perform. Audiences were impressed by the level of difficulty required to make it work - particularly in The Raven. It is a great opportunity to bring old language to life.

This was a great One Act Competition piece. The actors really enjoyed the ominous feel we were able to create. I used 7-12th graders. It was a great learning experience for the underclassmen. It was a great way to share some of Poe's works with the students as well. I appreciated the options of limiting the show time to using the 3 pieces.