Jim Coates

Students in AZ have a list of required reading and Edgar Allan Poe is one. We bring the stories and poems to life with classically trained, professional actors.
Treating the material as confessions, we set the stories in Poe's Maison de Santé, from the story "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether. "
You can request us all school year long.

The ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE helps me to "NO" my Self better.

It's a Wonderful Life opened successfully last night at Don Bluth Front Row Theatre, 8989 E Via Linda #118, Scottsdale, AZ 85258. We run through Dec. 23rd, and are 70% sold out already. Come see, come see, if you can. Tickets are available at

It's A Wonderful Life - 2025 2025 SEASON It's A Wonderful Life November 13 - December 23, 2025* A DBFRT annual tradition! Based on the 1947 film by Frank Capra which is based on the 1943 short story

Me last Sunday performing "The Raven" at Carefree's beautiful English Rose Tea Room! ❤

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Peter Pan, as a book, was published in 1911. The Author, JM Barrie, had never been outside the United Kingdom yet wrote about Native people. He used words and phrases that are today considered racial slurs and racial stereotypes so the story has been banned for this reason.

We use the words written in 1911 to show how language and people change and learn while highlighting other words from 1911 we don't use anymore and words used for the first time. Like Icre Cream Cone!

Happy first week of rehearsals to the cast and crew of DBFRT's upcoming holiday production, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE 😇🔔

Yes, that time of the year is approaching already! This year's cast, filled with both new and familiar faces, has done their first read-through. Everyone cannot wait to share the humor and warmth of this annual tradition with our audiences.

Tickets are on sale now. It may seem early (we know, Halloween and Thanksgiving haven't even come around yet 🙈), but this classic, joy-filled show sells out every year! If you are interested, we recommend getting tickets soon 💛

www.poefest.org PoeFest is peeking at you from right around the corner! Tickets are flitting away and soon will be nevermore. The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, The Masque of the Red Death, The Raven. Don't miss these shows before we have to wall up our actors in the catacombs for another year.

Main Stage on Saturday, Oct. 18 is SOLD OUT.
ALL PoeFest Seance performances are SOLD OUT.
We have Main Stage tickets left for Oct. 17, 24, and 25.
We have Raven at Rosson House tickets available for Halloween.
Act now to make sure you don't miss it!

PoeFest 2025 | 17th Annual Edgar Allan Poe Festival in Phoenix, AZ Experience 17 years of madness at PoeFest 2025 in Phoenix! Chilling theatrical performances of Edgar Allan Poe's classics. Oct 17-31. Benefits ACT Inc.

Have afternoon tea with me on Sunday Oct 26 at Cave Creek, AZ's English Rose Tea Room! I'll be "Raven" for you there! Bwahahahahahahaaaaaaa! 😱

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October means PoeFest at Arizona Curriculum Theater!
This is year 17! On October 4, 2025, 1 pm, at the Prescott Valley Public Library, 7401 Skoog Blvd, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314, I will perform three of Edgar Allan Poe's poems: "Annabel Lee," "The Raven," and "A Dream Within A Dream." Don't be afraid, it's just a little classic American literature...passionately performed! Bwahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa! 😱