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POE - DUNK
A MATCHBOX ENTERTAINMENT
THE WORKS OF POE UNDER
A MICROSCOPE
Craft Project to Share
POE - DUNK
Create your own Pocket Poe!
A MATCHBOX ENTERTAINMENT
Adapted from works by Edgar Allan Poe
Directed by John Pieza
Conceived and Performed by Kevin P. Hale
Contents
“The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall”
“The Scythe of Time – A Predicament”
“A Moving Chapter”
“Cabs”
“The Raven”
“Shadow – A Fable”
“The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion”
“Politian”
“Theatrical Rats”
“The Man of the Crowd”
“Thou Art the Man!”
“The Man that is Used Up”
“Some Words with a Mummy”
“Berenice: A Tale”
“Maelzel’s Chess Player”
“The Purloined Letter”
“The Murders in the Rue Morgue”
“The Mystery of Marie Rogêt”
“Silence – A Fable”
“The Bells”
“The Philosophy of Furniture”
“Annabel Lee”
“The Oval Portrait”
“Manuscript Found in a Bottle”
“Descent into the Maelström”
“The Oblong Box”
“The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket”
“Desultory Notes on Cats”
“The Fall of the House of Usher”
“The Cask of Amontillado”
“The Mask of the Red Death”
“William Wilson”
“The Imp of the Perverse”
“The Tell-Tale Heart”
“My Heart Laid Bare”
This play approximately 60 minutes; there will be no intermission.
How to make it:
1.
Mount template on Thick
Paper Stock. Color your Pocket
Poe
2.
Cut out all the parts. Make
sure to cut inside the armpit of Poe
as well. Be careful with the scissors!
3.
Use the paper punch to make
the holes indicated on the main
body and both arms.
4.
Match and overlap each arm
hole with the body holes. The
arms should be on top of the
body. Join and secure with a brad.
5.
Put in your pocket and enjoy!
The Pocket Poe also makes a great
bookmark for those quaint and
curious volumes of forgo*en lore!
You will need:
Crayons
1 sheet of thick paper stock
2 small brads
Scissors
1/16” paper punch
Glue
Who We Are
Kevin P. Hale (Performer) In 2008, he founded
with Jennifer Wilcox Playlab NYC, a theater company dedicated to taking fun way too seriously. Recent directing credits include: Macbeth for Socrates
Sculpture Park’s Halloween Harvest Festival. Perfectly Natural at Midtown International Theatre
Festival, as well as both Professor Ralph’s Loss of
Breath and The Altoona Dada Society Presents:
The Velvet Gentleman at FringeNYC. Kevin was
last seen on stage in Oscar Wilde’s Wife at the
Dayton Playhouse in 1995.
three and is ecstatic to now be acting as his “right
hand man.” Regional: The Big Bad Musical, A Piece
of My Heart (Director), The Soldier Dreams, The
Learned Ladies. Edinburgh International Fringe
Festival: The Decameron Project (The Pious). You
can see Megan next ONSTAGE in the NYC premiere of DH Lawrence’s The Man Who Loved Islands.
Much love and thanks to Andrew, Mom, Dad, Kayla,
Grandma, John, Kevin, Jennifer and Playlab NYC!
Trevor Dallier (Sound) Trevor is a member of
John Pieza (Director)
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Wide Eyed Productions (WEP) where he acts and is
also Resident sound Designer. He is thrilled to be
working in FringeNYC again and thanks everyone
from Playlab NYC. Previous sound design credits:
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, A Devil Inside, One
Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (all WEP) and A
World Elsewhere: Arias in the Key of Clown
(FringeNYC and WEP).
John is originally from
Chicago, and has lived in Dayton (where he met
Kevin and Jennifer), Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver,
and (now) Brooklyn. He is a resident director for
aMios theater company and has directed three
productions and many short plays for them. John is
also an actor and has appeared on stage, television, and the web in too many parts to count.
Thanks to Kevin for trusting me with his work. Special thanks to Irene and Simon for their support.
Andrew Berardi (Videographer/Run Crew) After
Megan Hildebrand (Stage Manager) is thrilled to
be making her NYC debut at the New York International Fringe Festival! Megan has known Director
John Pieza since she started doing theatre at age
recently working the theatre scene in Atlanta, this
NYC native is happy to be back home! This is Andrew’s New York International Fringe Festival debut
and he is extremely grateful to be working with
Playlab NYC. Regional: Greater Tuna (Dresser), A
Tuna Christmas (Dresser), Disney’s The Jungle
Who We Are
Book Kids (Director), The Library Dragon
(Assistant Stage Manager) and The True Story
of the Three Little Pigs (Assistant Director).
Many thanks to John, Kevin, Jennifer and
Playlab NYC! Much love to Megan for being my
shining star!
Jennifer Linn Wilcox (ACR, Lighting) Jennifer
has compiled and banged out cues for a variety
of FringeNYC shows off and on for 6 years. As
a designer at FringeNYC she’s worked with
Playlab NYC’s The Altoona Dada Society Presents The Velvet Gentlmen (2010), Professor
Ralph’s Loss of Breath (2009) as well as Reidel
Dance Theater’s Ukrainian Eggs: Terrible Tales
of Tragedy and AlleGorey. This is Jennifer ‘s
3rd year as an ACR. Last year she was awarded an Honorary Volunteer Award
from
FringeNYC.
Playlab NYC Founded in 2008, Playlab NYC is
the fevered brainchild of Jennifer Wilcox and her
husband Kevin P. Hale.
Their debut at
FringeNYC was 2009’s Professor Ralph’s Loss
of Breath. In 2010 they returned with The Altoona Dada Society presents The Velvet Gentleman. They are honored to have been invited
back for a third year.
Playlab NYC Staff & Crew
Kevin P. Hale Artistic Director
Playlab NYC would like to thank their Lab
Assistants: Molly Garber, Jess Hooks, Jon
Jennifer Linn Wilcox Managing Director
Steinhagen, Rob Ullman and Heather Lee Ann.
Melissa Trinidad Lightboard Operator
Extra Thanks to: Kate Erin Gibson for photography services, Jill and Erin Gould for projector and
child wrangling, Mary Reiser for help with props and
Emily Stork for video advice. We would also like to
thank Chen-Ling Vita Yang our Venue Director (she
rocks).
Edison M. Hale Props Artisan
The ‘Cabs’ piece was designed by Edison M. Hale
Playlab NYC
Taking Fun Way Too Seriously
We are mad scientists of imagination. We concoct, unleash and support
enjoyably absurd and absurdly enjoyable amusements that engage artists
and audiences in the spirit of play.
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Thanks to our patrons who’ve donated to our Toybox.
Sling Shots
Matthew Amundsen
Becca Ball
Elaine Bennett
Jerrod Bogard
James Comtois
Kate Dale
Pierre-Marc Diennet
Judith Ferrenbach
Stephen Garvey
Kate Erin Gibson
Jim & Anne Goldrick
Erin Gould
Ginna Hoben
Cady Rinda Hutchinson
Michelle Lawrence
Robert Leeds
Beth Lincks
Taylor Mankowski
Joan Manriquez
Colleen McKeever
Amy Lee Pearsall
Adam Rackoff
Cristina Rackoff
Lisa Roth-Baisden
Catie Baumer Schwalb
Valerie Schaefer
Marilinn Trudell
Raymond Trudell
Jillian Tully
A special thanks to our patrons below. Without their generosity we would not be
able to acquire the materials needed to work on new projects.
Building Blocks
Jack in the Box
Dolls
Linda & Gerard Borland
Jill Gould
Kathy George
John-Patrick Driscoll
Judy Freed
Beth Hall
Khris Lewin
Marilynn Scott Murphy
John Pieza
Heather Lee Ann
Coffee Black Productions
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Beth Hall
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Jacob Remacle
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Rosalie Anne Hale
Eugene & Cyndee Trudell
United Auto Workers Local 1112
We appreciate all of you!