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C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters to Return to New York City

The acclaimed production heads back to the Big Apple.

Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff

| Off-Broadway |

September 16, 2015

Mac McLean takes the stage in The Screwtape Letters.
Max McLean takes the stage in The Screwtape Letters.
(photo courtesy of the production)

The nationwide hit production of C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters will return to New York City alongside other Lewis works this fall, as part of the Fellowship for Performing Arts' 2015-16 season at the Pearl Theatre.

The season opens with Lewis' The Great Divorce, adapted for the stage by Max McLean and Brian Watkins. It runs November 13-January 3, with opening night set for December 3. Next up is McLean and Jeffrey Fiske's acclaimed The Screwtape Letters, in a limited engagement January 6-24. It opens on January 13.

A workshop production of Martin Luther On Trial, written by McLean and Chris Cragin-Day, and directed by Michael Parva, is next, running from February 4-14. Throughout the season, the company will present C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert, adapted from Lewis' writings on his journey from atheism to belief. It runs December 13-14 and February 18-21.

Founded in 1992 by Max McLean, New York City-based Fellowship for Performing Arts produces theater from a Christian worldview presented in leading performance venues nationwide and created to engage diverse audiences.

For more information about these productions, click here.

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