ABOUT THE EVENT
Phoenixville Public Library presents “Halloween Hauntings: A One-Woman Show” on Thursday, October 30, 6:30 PM, at the Library. In this unique, one-woman show, professional actress Michèle LaRue portrays eight characters in two American tales of ghostly suspense. Written in the days of ominously flickering candles and kerosene lamps, The Shadows on the Wall and The House That Was Not, authored by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1903) and Elia Wilkinson Peattie (1898) respectively, continue to thrill. In the wake of a sudden mysterious death, “The Shadows on the Wall” draws four siblings home to a familiar but menacing New England parlor. “The House That Was Not” lures an unsuspecting new bride across the bleak Nebraska prairie. These tales evoke the America of a century ago, enthralling audiences today.
The Chicago-born and New Jersey – based LaRue tours nationally with her unique repertoire of century-old American TALES WELL TOLD. Michèle LaRue has delighted in performing literature from America’s Gilded Age, for nearly 30 years. Her 600 sponsors have included Washington’s Smithsonian Institution; Chicago’s Newberry Library; New York’s Mohonk Mountain House, the Missouri History Museum—and scores of New Jersey libraries. She is a member of both actors’ unions: Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. As a writer and editor, she has collaborated on several notable theatre books—from The Story of 42nd Street to Memories of a Munchkin. For more about Michèle LaRue’s TALES WELL TOLD, visit http://michelelarue.com and http://missouriwomen.org/category/women/michele-larue/.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required at https://ccls.libcal.com/calendar/Phoenixville/halloween-hauntings or by calling 610-933-3013 x132. Email mpinto@ccls.org for more information. Phoenixville Public Library is located at 183 Second Avenue, Phoenixville, PA.
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