Sara and Mark use lighthearted sketches\, props and costume pieces to explore Hollywood's Golden Age of h orror\, with a special emphasis on the Universal films starring Bela Lugos i and Boris Karloff\, as well as the genre's literary origins\, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Dracula to Robert Louis Stevenson 's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\, from H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man to Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera. Join us for a monstrous good time that shows how famous film fiends became beloved characters. The presentation will be followed by a Q&\;A session. There also will be a book signing featuring many of Dawid ziak's horror-centric titles\, including The Bedside\, Bathtub &\; Armchair Companion to Dracula and his novel with supernatural sleuth Carl Kolchak\, Grave Secrets. \; \;
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The Largely Litera ry Theater Company\, LLC\, was founded in 2002 by Mark Dawidziak and S ara Showman. Their mission is to promote literature\, literacy and live th eater. For the past twenty years\, they have toured all over Ohio and perf ormed in Michigan\, Virginia\, Connecticut and New York state. They have p roduced faithful adaptations of works by Edgar Allan Poe\, Mark Twain\, Ro bert Louis Stevenson. Dashiell Hammett\, Walt Whitman\, Rod Serling\, Ambr ose Bierce and Charles Dickens. Showman is also a storyteller\, who perfor ms for both children and adults. Her shows include folktales\, historical tale\, original stories and seasonal offerings. They have participated in three National Endowment For The Arts Big Reads and twice in the annual ce lebration of all things Twilight Zone in Binghamton\, New York. They have also performed at the Center For Mark Twain Studies in Elmira\, New York.< /p>\n
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