Fellowship for the Performing Arts has announced an updated and expanded version of The Great Divorce for the stage in 2019 along with national tours of C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert and The Screwtape Letters. Meanwhile An Evening with C.S. Lewis by David Payne is also continuing a national tour. Follow NarniaFans.com for the latest C.S. Lewis and The Chronicles of Narnia theatre news and check the city listing below to see if one of these shows is coming to a city near you.
The Great Divorce
The Great Divorce returns to the stage in an updated and expanded format. This excellent show is by the Fellowship for Performing Arts team which has produced several other C.S. Lewis plays including Shadowlands.
“We will launch our New York season with the return of C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce Dec. 14-29. This version will have more actors and some new scenes from the book.” Max McLean
After the Great Divorce opens their season in New York December 14-29 it will be followed by a national tour.
2019 Tour Dates:
*NEW* New York City, NY – Theatre Row Acorn Theatre December 14-27. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Charlotte, NC – Blumenthal Center for the Performing Arts Booth Plahouse January 24-26. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Washington D.C. – Lansburgh Theatre January 30-February 9. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Pittsburgh, PA – Byham Theatre February 15. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Dallas, TX – Eisemann Center for the Performing Arts February 26-March 1. Tickets on sale soon…
C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert National Tour
Also by Fellowship for Performing Arts is the continuing USA tour of C.S. Lewis The Most Reluctant Convert. NarniaFans.com has reviewed this show with four out of five shields for a wonderful job bringing C.S. Lewis’s faith journey to the stage. Several of the locations in the show’s national tour include universities as part of the Fellowship for Performing Arts campus initiative. If you are not able to see The Most Reluctant Convert in person the show is now available on DVD and Amazon Prime streaming.
2019 Tour Dates:
*NEW* New York, NY – Columbia University October 1. SOLD OUT
Chapel Hill, NC – University of North Carolina October 3. Book tickets (Students only)
Charleston, SC – Gaillard Center October 6. Book tickets
*NEW* Durham, NC – Duke University October 10. Book tickets
Columbia, SC – University of South Carolina Koger Center October 13. Book tickets
Philadelphia, PA – University of Pensilvania Zellerbach Theatre November 6. Book tickets
Charlottesville, VA – University of Virgina Paramount Theater November 14. Book tickets
*NEW* Santa Barbra, CA – Granada Theatre February 1. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Palm Springs, CA – Annenberg Theatre February 7-9. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* St Louis, MO – Touhill Performing Arts Center February 23. Tickets on sale soon…
The Screwtape Letters National Tour
Did the devil make you do it? C.S. Lewis wrote The Screwtape Letters as a series of letters from an elder demon about how to better control a human’s behavior. This book has been masterfully adapted into a dramatic presentation that is critically acclaimed worldwide. During a previous national tour Narnia Fans interviewed The Screwtape Letters creative director and original cast Max McLean. Now this sensational show is returning for a national tour staring Brent Harris as Screwtape.
2019 Tour Dates:
Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Playhouse Square October 5-8. Book tickets
South Bend, IN – University of Notre Dame The Morris Center October 13. Book tickets
Indianapolis, IN – Butler University Clowes Hall November 2. Book tickets
Minneapolis, MN – Pantages Theatre November 16. Book tickets
*NEW* Cincinnati, OH – Jarson Kaplan Theater November 22-24. Book tickets
*NEW* Jacksonville, FL – Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts January 12. Book tickets
*NEW* Tampa, FL – Stratz Center for the Performing Arts January 18-19. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Ft. Lauerdale, FL – Broward Center for the Performing Arts January 26. Tickets on sale soon…
An Evening with C.S. Lewis: My Life’s Journey
Last year the Logos Theatre (where The Horse and His Boy is now playing) hosted a performance of David Payne’s An Evening with C.S. Lewis. This year the show continues its national tour. This one man stage show is set as if you are part of a group of American Journalists being entertained in C.S. Lewis’s home during the 1960s. Topics of conversation include his friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien and the development of The Chronicles of Narnia.
2019 Tour Dates
Raleigh, NC – A.J. Fletcher Opera October 4-6. Tickets on sale soon…
Burnsville, MN – Ames Center October 10-11. Book tickets.
*NEW* Duluth, MN – Mitchell Auditorium at The College of St. Scholastica October 12. Tickets on sale soon…
Pueblo, CO – Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center October 13. Tickets on sale soon…
Chicago, IL – Broadway Playhouse October 22-November 3. Book tickets.
Mesa, AZ – Nesbit/Elliot Playhouse November 21-24. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Portland, OR – Dolores Winningstad Theatre January 11. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* La Mirada, CA – La Mirada Theatre January 12. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Birmingham, AL – The Lyric Theatre January 25. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Huntsville, AL – Von Braun Center Arena January 26. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Wichita, KS – Century II Performing Arts and Convention Center February 1. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Charlotte, NC – Blumenthal Performing Arts February 6-9. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Milwaukee, WI – Marcus Performing Arts Center February 14-16. Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Tuscon, AZ – Arizona Theatre Company Temple of Music and Arts February 21-23 Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Cincinnati, OH – Aronoff Center For the Arts February 28 Tickets on sale soon…
*NEW* Richmond, VA – Gottwald Playhouse March 5 Tickets on sale soon…
