LAKEPORT, Calif. – Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” will be presented by New Vintage Productions, featuring the Clear Lake High School Drama Department and community players, on Wednesday, Oct. 26.

The reading will begin at at 7 p.m., at St. John’s Church, Lakeport.

“The Fall of the House of Usher" will be the centerpiece, but a sampling of Poe's poetry and a shorter work entitled “Three Sundays in a Week” also will be included.

There will be a short discussion period after the performance. The event is free.

According to www.americanliterature.com, “The Fall of the House of Usher” unfolds in a gloomy and foreboding atmosphere that draws the reader in as the story builds in suspense while traveling toward its climactic conclusion.

St. John’s is the historical church at 1190 N. Forbes St., at the corner of Clearlake Avenue, in Lakeport.