Edgar Allan Poe is called an American literary genius and here are three of his short stories dramatized for reader’s theater. “The Masque of the Red Death” is a fantastic tale of how, after half the people of his country have died, Prince Prospero gathers knights and ladies to his castle and locks the doors to avoid the devastating “red death” disease. The Trio also includes “The Cask of Amontillado” and “Lionizing” where Poe mocks authors who get recognition when they write nothing but trivia and nonsense in flowery and literary styles. It is true satire and works well between two works of macabre horror.