BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center hosted dozens of Kentucky students on Thursday, using the stage to teach through storytelling.

Students got to watch “Vexing Verses,” part of SKYPAC’s AcTOURS program.

Professional actors used the show to teach about the life and works of famous American poet Edgar Allan Poe. The performance helped break down writing styles, rhythm and meaning, all through theater.

SKYPAC staff say it’s a fun way for kids to learn important subjects outside the classroom.

“We’ve included the Kentucky standards along with source materials from all of from three of Edgar Allan Poe’s works to be incorporated in the production. So this artistic interpretation as an event engages those students, but also gives them real life experience to how

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