The Screwtape Letters
Event on 2011-05-21 16:00:00
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly amusing theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demonâ??s point of view, will be open in a limited engagement in Cincinnati and Columbus this spring. The manufacture will be at the Procter and Gamble Hall at the Aronoff Crucial point for the Arts, 650 Walnut Street, in Cincinnati on Saturday, April 9th at four p.m. and 8 p.m. and Columbusâ?? Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad Street, on Saturday, May 21st at four p.m. and eight p.m.
The Cincinnati and Columbus engagements adhere to its hit nine month run at the Westside Theatre in New York exactly where THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS played 309 performances! Prior to that, THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS was a sold out hit in Chicago and Washington D. C.
Connected Press calls the manufacture â??Devilishly amusing!â? The Chicago Sun-Occasions hails THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS as â??Smart, sizzling entertainment!â? and National Critique describes it is â??Pure genius!â?
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS runs 90 minutes without intermission. In this topsy turvy morally inverted universe set in an eerily stylish office in hell, God is called the â??Enemyâ? and the devil is referred to as â??Our Father beneath.â?
The play follows His Abysmal Sublimity Screwtape, Satanâ??s top psychiatrist, played by award winning actor Max McLean, and his creature-demon secretary Toadpipe, as they train an apprentice demon, Wormwood, on the fine art of seducing an unsuspecting creature â??patientâ? down the â??soft, gentle path to hell.â?
Along with The Chronicles of Narnia (like The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe), The Wonderful Divorce and Mere Christianity, THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS is nonetheless one particular of Lewisâ?? most common and influential performs. The book’s nippy insight into creature nature and the lucid and humorous way Lewis makes his readers squirm in self recognition produced it an immediate achievement. When 1st published in 1942 it brought globally fame to this small-recognized Oxford don which includes the cover of Time Magazine.
Lewis dedicated it to his close buddy J. R. R. Tolkien who had expressed to Lewis that delving also deeply into the craft of evil would have penalty. Lewis admitted as much when he wrote â??Though I had by no means written something a lot more quickly, I never wrote with much less enjoyment . . . though it was simple to twist oneâ??s thoughts into the diabolical attitude, it was not entertaining, or not for long. The work into which I had to project myself even though I spar via Screwtape was all dust, grit, thirst, and itch. Every trace of beauty, clearness, and geniality had to be disqualified.â?
Produced by New York City based Fellowship for the Performing Arts. Max McLean serves as Artistic Director. Executive Producer and Common Manager is Ken Denison of Aruba Productions. Scenic Design and style is by Cameron Anderson, Costumes by Michael Bevins, Lighting Style by Jesse Klug, and Original Music and Sound Design and style by John Gromada.
Tickets range from – . For specific group rates of ten or far more call 866.476.8707. A restricted quantity of premium seats are available for . Student tickets are each and every and theme to availability. Valid ID should be open at the box office.
To buy tickets to the Cincinnati engagement on Saturday, April 9th at four p.m. and 8 p.m., check out the Aronoff Crucial point for the Arts ticket workplace at 650 Walnut Street, go to www.cincinnatiarts.org, or call (513) 621-ARTS [2787].
For tickets to the Columbus engagement on Saturday, Might 21st at 4 p.m. and eight p.m., go to the CAPA Ticket Office at the Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State Street, Columbus, Ohio, pay a visit to www.Ticketmaster.com or call 614-469-0939.
Tickets are subject to venue service charges and gift fees. For much more details, visit www.ScrewtapeonStage.com.
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at The Palace Theater
34 W Broad Street
Columbus, United States