POEtry: An Edgar Allan Poe Living History Event

Join Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage for an evening of macabre and mystery with one of the Jacksonian Era’s premier writers: Edgar Allan Poe. Featuring actor Charles Wissinger regaling the audience with both humorous and terrifying dramatics, this is a must-see performance you won’t want to miss! Charles Wissenger Bio: Charles Wissinger is pleased to be returning to the Hermitage stage again. Charles has been on HBO, PBS, American Heroes Channel, History Channel, National Geographic, the big screen, films in museums, and multiple local theaters in central Virginia. He still works with the Historic St. John's Church Foundation re-enacting Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech, and doing first person presentations as Audie Murphy, Marquis De Lafayette, Edgar Allan Poe among others. Charles has taken his Edgar Allan Poe presentation to Luxembourg, New York, Maryland, North Carolina, and serval locations between. On the main stage his favorite roles include J. Pierpont Finch (How to Succeed...), Frank Butler (Annie Get Your Gun), Bob Wallace (White Christmas) and The Old Man (A Christmas Story: The Musical).