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Max McLean

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Executive Producer Ken Denison

Co-Directed by Ken Denison and Max McLean

General Management Aruba Productions

Production Stage Manager Lew Mead

Scenic Design Kelly James Tighe

Lighting Design Geoffrey D. Fishburn

Costume Design Michael Bevins

Original Music & Sound Design John Gromada

Projections Design Rocco DiSanti

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A NOTE ABOUT THE PLAY

C.S. Lewis .....................................................................................................................Max McLean

Location .......................................................Lewis’ Study, Magdalen College, Oxford, 1950

In 1950, C.S. Lewis received a letter from a young American writer expressing his struggle to believe Christianity because he thought it “too good to be true.” Lewis responded, “My own position at the threshold of Christianity was exactly the opposite of yours. You wish it were true; I strongly hoped it was not...Do you think people like Stalin, Hitler, Haldane, Stapledon (a corking good writer, by the way) would be pleased on waking up one morning to find that they were not their own masters...that there was nothing even in the deepest recesses of their thoughts about which they could say to Him, ‘Keep out! Private. This is my business’? Do you? Rats!...Their first reaction would be (as mine was) rage and terror.”

This was Lewis’ mindset before he “gave in” as he put it. Lewis embraced materialism, a worldview also known as “atheism,” “naturalism,” “determinism” or “reductionism”. What they all hold in common is the view that all of life, every action, emotion or perception, can be reduced to pre-existing physical causes all the way back to the Big Bang. There is no need to appeal to a supernatural source. God is not required to explain or define origin, meaning, ethics or destiny.

For many years, Lewis was a defender of this view. And given his rhetorical gifts and love of debate one could see him fit into the “New Atheist” camp

with the likes of the late Christopher Hitchens or Sam Harris.

This play is an exploration of Lewis’ dramatic conversion from this position to Christianity. It is my view that his vibrancy and resonance as a Christian apologist is rooted in this experience.

The primary sources for this play were Lewis’ autobiography Surprised by Joy as well as his Collected Letters. I also relied on several of his books and essay collections including The Problem of Pain, The Weight of Glory, Mere Christianity, God in the Dock, Present Concerns and Christian Reflections. Last, I was greatly helped by the many biographies and critical insights by Douglas Gresham, Walter Hooper, Devin Brown, Tim Keller, Alan Jacobs, Jerry Root, Andrew Lazo, George Sayer, David Downing, Alister McGrath, Armand Nicholi, Sheldon Vanauken, Kenneth Tynan and A.N. Wilson to name a few.

This play takes place prior to the publication of Lewis’ first Narnia story and well before he met his wife, Joy Davidman. That may beg the question “will there be a sequel”? We shall see.

Max McLean

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WHO’S WHO

MAX McLEAN (C.S. Lewis, Playwright, Co-Director) Created the role of Screwtape (NYC, London, National tour), Mark in Mark’s Gospel (Chicago, Jeff Award for Solo Performance), Genesis (NYC, National Tour). As playwright/adaptor C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, Genesis and Mark’s GospeI. Co-writer with Chris Cragin-Day of Martin Luther on Trial. Favorite roles include Stanley, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Snoopy, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. McLean has narrated the Bible five times as well as John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress and Classics of the Christian Faith. His narrations received four Audie Award nominations. Max enjoys a round of golf. Ephesians 2:10

KELLY JAMES TIGHE (Scenic Designer) OFF BROADWAY/NATIONAL TOURS: Shadowlands (Fellowship for Performing Arts), The Fantasticks, Almost Heaven, The Time of Mendel’s Trouble, Nunsense (Anniversary production at the Cherry Lane), Movin’ Out, Shear Madness, Mooseltoe - A New Musical, 101 Dalmatians, Triumph (Las Vegas Hilton). REGIONAL: San Jose Rep, Laguna Playhouse, Michigan’s Cherry County Playhouse, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Sacramento Theater Company, Diablo Theater Company, Contra Costa Musical Theater, Center Repertory Company, Gateway Playhouse. Several National Television shows and commercials including Disney, KitKat, Oxygen Network, Animal Planet, etc. Online at Kellyjamestighe.com

MICHAEL BEVINS (Costume Designer) Michael is excited to design another project with FPA after The Screwtape Letters and Shadowlands. He has designed costumes for television, film and theater. Recent televi-sion credits include two seasons of Garry Trudeau’s series Alpha House starring John Goodman and Bill Murray, and three seasons of the web series Cop Show with Colin Quinn and Jerry Seinfeld. Select film credits include the award winning In The Family and The Grief of Others by Patrick Wang, The Killing

of John Lennon (2007 Tribeca Film Festival Special Jury Prize), Down the Shore with James Gandolfini and A Novel Romance with Steve Guttenberg. He has also designed costumes for numerous Off-Broadway plays, including Sidd, White’s Lies, All Eyes and Ears, Machiavelli and Good Ol’ Girls. www.michaelbevins.com

GEOFFREY D. FISHBURN (Lighting Designer). Lighting Design - New York: Almost Heaven and Martin Luther on Trial. Lighting Design - Regional: Mary Poppins, Miss Saigon, The Little Mermaid, The Addams Family, Titanic, Peter Pan, Hairspray, Beauty and the Beast, Phantom, Jekyll and Hyde, Gypsy, The Wiz, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Assistant Sound Design – New York & National Tours: Dreamgirls, West Side Story, The Secret Garden, Nixon in China, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. Associate Sound Design – Regional: Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Wizard of Oz, My Fair Lady, The Spoleto Festival.

JOHN GROMADA (Composer/Sound Designer) John has composed scores and designed sound for more than 35 Broadway productions, including The Elephant Man with Bradley Cooper, The Trip to Bountiful (Tony nomination), The Best Man (Drama Desk Award), Clybourne Park, Seminar, The Columnist, Next Fall, A Bronx Tale, Prelude to a Kiss, Proof, Rabbit Hole, A Streetcar Named Desire, Twelve Angry Men and A Few Good Men. For FPA: The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce and Shadowlands. His other New York credits include Dada Woof Papa Hot, Incident at Vichy, Ripcord, Old Hats, My Name is Asher Lev, Measure for Measure (Delacorte Theater), The Orphans’ Home Cycle (Drama Desk and Henry Hewes Awards), Shipwrecked! (Lucille Lortel Award), Julius Caesar, The Skriker (Drama Desk Award), Machinal (OBIE Award) and many more. His television and film credits include a score for the Emmy-nominated The Trip to Bountiful and Showing Roots. For more information and music, visit www.johngromada.com.

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ROCCO DISANTI (Projection Design). Broadway: The Snow Geese, The Columnist, Wit, Collected Stories, Time Stands Still. Off Broadway: Incident at Vichy (Signature), Desire, Lift, Inner Voices, Wide Awake Hearts (59E59), Completeness (Playwrights Horizons), A Second Chance (The Public) and more. Regional: Fly, The Threepenny Opera, Spin, Company, A Second Chance (Signature Theatre). Kansas City Swing, Lift, The Adventure of Fishy Waters in Bed With The Blues (Crossroads). AWARDS: Nominated for a 2012 Henry Hewes Design Award for Completeness.

LEAH J. LOUKAS (Wig & Hair Designer). Broadway: The Great Comet, The Heidi Chronicles, On the Town, A Night with Janis Joplin, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, American Idiot, Irena’s Vow. Off Broadway: The Royale (Lincoln Center); The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout); Barbecue, Fortress of Solitude (The Public Theater); The Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Into the Woods (Shakespeare in the Park series); Heathers: The Musical; Tribes; Our Lady of Kibeho (Signature Theatre, NY); Jelly’s Last Jam (Signature Theatre, DC); The Pirates of Penzance (Barrington Stage Company); Ever After (Paper Mill Playhouse): Butler (59E59). Leah holds a BFA from the University of Cincinnati’s College Conservatory of Music.

TOMMY KURZMAN (Wig and Makeup Design). Select credits include The Parisian Woman (starring Uma Thurman), The Little Foxes (starring Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon, MTC), In Transit, The King and I nation-al tour (LCT production), NBC Live Upfront and Long Day’s Journey into Night (starring Jessica Lange) in addition to Bright Star (D.C., Broadway & Tour), Fiddler on the Roof and Therese Racquin (starring Kiera Knightley) on Broadway. Tommy is the Associate to Hair Designer Tom Watson.

CLAUDIA HILL-SPARKS (Voice & Dialect Coach) Broadway: Anastasia, Dance of the

Vampires. Off Broadway: An Octoroon (Soho Rep/TFANA), The Merchant of Venice (TFANA), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Public Theater, Shakespeare in the Park), Polish Joke (MTC), Time and the Conways (Epic Theater Ensemble), Stone Cold, Dead Serious (The Edge Theater Company), Shadowlands (Fellowship for Performing Arts). Regional: 2008–2010 Summer Shakespeare Festivals, 8 years as Resident Vocal Coach for The Old Globe, Hartford Stage, Barrington Stage Company, Long Wharf Theatre, Huntington Theater Company, North Shore Music Theater, American Players Theatre, Chautauqua Theater Company. Numerous National Tours for Network Presentations. Television: Dialect Coach for Richard Easton as Ben Franklin for PBS. Faculty: The Old Globe/USD MFA Professional Actor Training Program, Boston University BFA Professional Actor Training Program, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, The Wilma Theater. Education: MFA in Acting, Temple University.

LEW MEAD (Production Stage Manager). Broadway engineering credits include: A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls and Bring Back Birdie. Broadway Design credits include: Onward Victoria, Tom Sawyer, Urinetown, The King and I and Wonderful Town. Touring credits include Julie Andrews, Leslie Uggams and The Screwtape Letters. Lew was the founder of ProMix, a theatrical audio com-pany; Syntonic Design Group, a corporate audio company; and Autograph A2D, an audio distribution company located in New York City and London.

KEN DENISON (Executive Producer)/ ARUBA PRODUCTIONS Aruba Productions is a gen-eral management/executive producing orga-nization that manages and pro- duces shows worldwide. Ken serves as the Executive Producer for FPA’s productions of C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, Martin Luther on Trial, C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert (also co-Director) and Shadowlands. Other projects include Human Nature’s Jukebox in Las Vegas and worldwide,

FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTSPhilanthropy .....Marshall Pennel & Jessica Ching, PennelChing, LLC Creative Director .................................................................Ben Geist Communications Director .............................................Paul Cozby Database & Office Manager .................................. Jennifer Maala Office Coordinator & Social Media..........................Dan DuPraw Donor Relations Manager ............................................. Sarah Mills Literary Manager ................................................Christa Scott-Reed Project Coordinator ..............................................Allison McQuade University & Special Event Coordinator ......Courtney Menking Controller ................................................................Erin Kouch, YPTC Group Sales ................................................................ Phillip PadgettVideographer.....................................................................Alex Barker IT Consultant ..................................................................Jox Teodocio Web Developer ......................................................... Amanda Atkins Assistant to Creative Director ............................... Phil Laskowski Auditors ...................................................... Lutz and Carr CPA, LLP

PRODUCTIONProduction Stage Manager ......................................................Lew MeadHead carpenter/Properties .................................................. Katie Martin Head Electrician ...................................................................Evan Hawkins

ARUBA PRODUCTIONSAssociate General Manager ................................................Kate HollandCompany Manager ............................................................Lucy RybarczykDirector of Booking ...........................................................William MeadeDirecting of Ticketing Services .......................................Derek Johnson Payroll Service .....................................................................Media ServicesLegal Counsel .......................... Jason Baruch, Sendroff & Baruch LLPGeneral Management Intern............................................... Jenny HarrisSpecial thanks to Tommy Kurzman for makeup and wig concepts.Scenery built and painted by Center Line Studios Inc., New Windsor New York.

Back Home Again (featuring the songs of John Denver), Broadway & The Bard (starring Len Cariou) as well as Songbird and Desperate Measures Off Broadway. Additional credits include Doctor Zhivago in Australia and on Broadway, An Officer and A Gentleman in Australia, Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding and The Mary Wilson Holiday Spectacular with the Four Tops in Chicago. Ken’s experience as a Producer, Executive Producer and General Manager extends over 25 years and includes numerous pre-Broadway and Broadway productions. He was the Associate Producer of the original Tony Award-winning produc-tion of Disney’s The Lion King and was the General Manager and Director of Production and Operations for the renowned Old Globe Theatre in San Diego for 15 years.

FELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS (Producer) Fellowship for Performing Arts is a New York City-based theatrical production company founded by its Artistic Director, Max McLean. FPA’s mission is to produce theatre from a Christian worldview that engages diverse audiences. In addition to its annu-al New York season where it has produced Shadowlands, C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert, The Great Divorce, Martin Luther on Trial, The Screwtape Letters and A Man for All Seasons; FPA tours at univer-sities (Brown, Princeton, UC, Berkeley) and in major performing arts centers across the country. In the past year, over 65,000 peo-ple have experienced an FPA production. FPAtheatre.com

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The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

GENERAL MANAGEMENTAruba Productions, LLC — Ken Denison, Amy Polan-Clarke

MARKETING, ADVERTISING AND PRESSSouthside Entertainment 321.747.0077 — Cheryl Anteau

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERKen Denison

DIGITAL ADVERTISINGThe Pekoe Group

PRODUCERFellowship for Performing Arts, Inc.

Board of Directors: Glenn Gault, Roberta Livesay, Max McLean, Hardie Morgan, Daniel Quigley, John Rogers, Richard Spears and Michael Tarwater, Max McLean, Founder & Artistic Director

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The Fellowship Circle is a key building block to help Fellowship for Performing Arts achieve our mission of presenting theatre from a Christian worldview that engages a diverse audience. The following Circle Members provided the financial support to produce The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, Mark’s Gospel, Martin Luther on Trial, C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert and Shadowlands:

Platinum Circle Jonathan & Mary Kay BorischDr. & Mrs. William & Bridget CoughranAlan & Barbara GatesHardie & Andrea MorganKay & Gary RuppEdward & Josephine SkoudisMichael & Ann TarwaterSharon Van DellenWalt & Anne WaldieANONYMOUS (1)

Gold CircleTodd & Kellie AvakianBernard & Jeanne BertscheMary E BoydLouis & Joan BraddiJere & Patsy DrummondJohn & Laura FairfieldElbert & Cheryl FormanTrent & Jill GazzawayGordon & Nada GeddesRay & Mary GrafDr. & Dr. JD & Edith HallTodd & Helen JohnsonHal & Joan KraftKyle & Ann KruegerDon & Roberta LivesayRichard & Marilyn LynchTerry & Mary MacRaeMax & Sharon McLeanCapt. & Mrs. Richard & Tina PrevattDr. & Dr. Robert & Judith RauschBob & Sissel RhymeJeremy RobertsBruce & Jan SaxonDr. & Mrs. Gary & Terri SchmittMary Ellen SchrockJ.D. & Angie SlaughterJeff & Debbie UpchurchANONYMOUS (2)

Silver Circle Donald & Fara AveryLorne & Michelle BainSingh & Mary Bajwa

Joan BauerAndrew BillingTimothy & Kelly BiltzGary & Pamela BollierSusan & Dirk BrokawWayne & Laura BuchananRobert & Susan BuckChris & Susan BurchettKeith & Eileen DennerMac & Andy EverettBilly & Shannon FlippinCapt. & Mrs. Don & Sharon FrahlerDavid & Judy FranklinClint & Diana FultzChris GandyBrian & Audrie Ana GardnerCurtis GrantMark & Barbara GubbDoug & Jane GuffyMichael HandelHarry & Gayle HargravePhilip HauslerChris & Anne HayesMr. & Dr. Dean & Ginger HertensteinRobert & Chris HidayIvan HinrichsElliott & Mary Jo HorneRonald & Renee JoelsonDaniel & Sonia KennaDr. & Mrs. Tony & Courtney KimRobert & Michele LarsonThad & Lisa LeachCarrie MostulBrad & Andrea NewellKeith & Deborah NicholsDr. & Mrs. Jeffrey & Jo Ann PetersonJeffrey & JoAnn PetersonTim & Julia PhillipsDan and Alison QuigleySheli RemickHarley & Posey RiedelMike & Diana RileySheryl & William RobertsonDr. & Mrs. Ned & Charlene Rupp

Kathleen SchmidtStephen & Cheryl ShulerThomas & Alice ShupeJohn & Lynn SiefkerMr. & Dr. Rich & Andrea SittemaCynthia & Steven SmithNed & Doris SniderWilliam & Lury SnyderRichard & Carol SpearsDavid SpenceSt. Martin’s Episcopal ChurchDr. & Mrs. James & Cheryl StrangJody & Beth StubbsKaren VandermeerAllan & Mary Ellen WamplerEd & Becky WattSharon WigalRichard & Linda WyattJonathan YuenRobert & Nancy ZimmermanSteven & Linda ZnachkoANONYMOUS (4)

Bronze Circle James & Barbara AlexanderGwen AndersonWilliam ArtztWendell & Cynthia BartonTricia Bass PetersonTeresa BattagliaFrederick & Linda BehmMarch & Mariam BellChad & Jennifer BentzStewart & Tammy BertronKen & Laurel BeukelmanDr. & Mrs. Dana & Sharlene BradshawCapt. & Mrs. Chris & Yves BrooksBerry & Connie BrooksJerry BrownMark & Patricia BurtonJoe & Esther CampanellaChris and Lesley Chambless

Frank & Carol ChildressBradley & Justine ChmielewskiTom & Peggy ColemanRick & Libby CottrellCharles & Candace CurieMark & Angie DaileyPeter and Janis DudaCharles & Connie DunnDave & Meg DupeeDr. & Mrs. Eric & Kim ElderJeffrey & Michele EthertonDr. Timothy FlaniganTimothy & Jackie FlynnDavid FullerDavid & Autumn Dawn GalbreathChristopher & Christine GorzMuffin GrantDavid & Patricia HarperJoel & Catheryn HeltonJames Michael & Patricia HinesSterling and Alice HitchcockDavid & Heide HungerfordDiane IorioRyan & Adrienne IsraelMichael & Laurie JaffeJohn JohnsonGordon & Martha KoppinMark & Susan LancasterRobert & Linda LaskinJames & Cindy LauffenburgerPaul & Carol LindgrenDr. & Mrs. Brant & Susie LipscombAlex & Claudia LivingstonRobert & Mary LongMitzi & Ron LumbraLawrence & Anita MaxwellSam & Mary MenefeeJohn & Nancy OlindeScott & Bridget OlsonDonnie PerkinsToby & Cindy PerryJohn & Ann Porter

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Jenny PruittJeff & J’Anne RawsonJane RectenwaldRuss ReinselDouglas & Alice RitterMartin & Carol RobinsonDr. & Mrs. Jaime & Sharon SantamariaChris & Linda ScharnhorstDaniel & Jennie SchipperThomas & Margi SiemsBrian & Denise SmithGreg & Joyce SmithNorm & Betty SnyderRev. & Mrs. James & Diane StantonOlga StatzJim & Terri SteinkampCharles & Joy StrnadJames & Darcy TerryJim ThorntonThomas & Carola TuckerBeverly, Hugh & Catherine VeranoSteven & Kathryn WatersCraig & Emilie WierdaRyan & Katrina WilhelmsenBrent & Erin WyperANONYMOUS (3)

Cornerstone CircleW. Shepherdson & Kathryn AbellJohn & Mary AllenJohn & Katherine AlsdorfEric & Moana AndersenMark & Saeko AndersonRoberta ArmijoChris & Cheryl BachelderEd & Connie BakerBill & Linda BantzScott & Jennifer BarringerLori BatchelderDr. & Mrs. Terry & Connie BawcomJon & Denise BeckmanKay BehrenwaldMatt & Marcy BenedictRon & Mary BeshearJay & Maya BetzRobert & Kelli BlackJim & Carole BluhmDavid & Brenda BodanzaMr. & Dr. Michael & Denise BoriackBirch BowdreGordon & Barbara Sue BrobergBarry & Amy Brooks

Paul & Cynthia BrosnanGordon & Carolyn BurchWalker & Marjorie CainWilliam & Karen CarlsonJudy & Rachel ChaneyCarl J ChiappaMitchell & Sara ChwattJohn CoferDr. Joy CorbyPaul & Sherry CozbyRonald & Vicky CroweJoy DanceNick & Sonya DeCarloHannah DemarayDairus DeNeuiJarrett & Christine DeweldeKenneth & Valerie DickersonRichard DippolitoRoss DorsettJohn DurhamJonathan & Lori EatonCharles & Carolyn EklundGary & Sheila EngelPaul & Adele EverettDr. & Mrs. Kent & Leah FarishDr. Caroline FifePam ForbesThomas ForsbergValerie FreyJames & Elizabeth GadsbyPhilip & Amelia GaillardMichael & Diane GandyMichael & Carla GasserJ. H. & Tabitha GatewoodGlenn & Rebecca GaultBrian & Kendra GevryJohn & Carol GilbertTimothy GillisJames & Victoria GoddardSteve & Katie GohdeEllen GouldJim & Sherrie GrabotKathleen GreenRev. & Mrs. David & Sharon HabererCarter and Erin HamiltonMark & Sally HansonMark & Nancy HarrisJim & Fran HarrisonSelby HarrisonTed & Ibel HartlettBart HensonTynes & Trish HildebrandJack & Laura Hodge

Nelson HoffmanVinson & Sharal HuegeleKevin & Yvonne HullCarl & Anne HunnellChristi HymelDr. & Mrs. William & Marilyn IngramSusan JonesPaul & Stacy KannemanScott & Shifra KauffmannBrandi KavanaughCharles & Joy KelleyEverett & Charlene KennedyCharles & Jane KimPatricia KissellSteven & Marie KleinFrancis KoudelkaMarsha KuhnleyLarry & Carol LandisJames & Jill LaskiGregory & Patricia LeeRaymond & Carole LewandowskiRobert (Greg) & Deborah LowMcCrary LoweTony & Tammy MagaldiPaul & Sandra MagnusonMartin & Allison ManersWilliam & Colleen McCraryAllison McDonaldBruce & Suzanne McFaddenWilliam & Flo McGeeMark McNickleJackie MearsDavid & Darrellyn MelilliGary & Vivian MeridethJoseph & Rosanne MitchellRadford & Wendy MoellerDavid & Katherine MooreThomas & Donna MoweryScott & Jenelle MulletJack & Leslie MurphyGary & Judy NagelDouglas & Ellen NaylorDr. Sally NaylorPatricia NicholsJon & Debbie NoetzelThomas & Susan OlmsteadDr. Leanne OlsonTimothy & Carroll OlsonJohn & Marilyn O’NealSteve & Diane Parrish

Randy & Sherryl PetersKatharine PittmanJeffrey & Jennifer PlunkettRichard & Tina PrevattMason & Katherine ReayRodney & Diana RepaskyStevan & Terri RexroadBruce RobertsonDoug & Lisa RogersMichael RotheBriana RouseKerby & Lisa SaundersAndy & Julie SauterBenjamin & Jackie ScardelloDale & Arlene SchaeferBeverly ScheligaJohn SchillerJason & Wendy SchmidlyChristian & Alexis SchnedlerSteven SchulmanTroy & Kelly SchulzeCarlton & Elaine SearsRobert & Debbie SeeversMarion SharpChristiane ShipleyRenee SkeelsKathy SkrivanekTerry & Wendy SlatteryDouglas & Sharon SmithDr. & Mrs. Steven & Kathy SmithDoug SmithRoger & Judy SmithLois SouthardRick SpeesTimothy StemberPatricia StichwehRichard & Jane StruckJoseph StubbsCandy SutfinDr. & Mrs. Marc & Beth SwiontkowskiJoe TeagueDr. & Mrs. Peter & Julie TurkJohn & Diane UtleyLuann Van CampenGary VandenbosGordon & Elaine VandermeulenGiles & Deidre VickWesley and Janet WadaGlenn & Mary WarnerKaren WarrinerRandy & Melissa WatersMatthew & Martina Watkins

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Sandy & Betsy WeathersbeeJon and Dusty WeichbrodtTanya WestonJamie & Todd WheelerJames & Carol WilhoitElise WilkesMarcia & Kevin WilliamsonRobert & Linda WohleberWilliam & Amy ZeweANONYMOUS (3)

Founder’s CircleVictor & Jana AagaardSteve & Shari AbbottMark AijianFred & Beth AlexanderDan & Susan AllenBenjamin & Newlyn AllisonEd & Deborah AlyanakRobert & Chris ArmstrongMarc & Millie ArnoldJames & Phyllis AsheRev. & Mrs. Hank & Glo AventG. Laurence & Dana BaggettAndrew & Marcella BarrettHudson & Deborah BartonThomas BastJason & Julie BattagliaElizabeth BechtMichelle BehrenwaldLt. Col. Linn BensonMichael BergmannSteve & Rebecca BetuliusSteve & Gigi BolmanFrank & Jamie BonettoDr. & Mrs. Andrew & Dena BoswellMichael & Veronica BradenPeter & Martha BridgeBill BrittonAmy BrownPat BrownMichelle BrubakerRichard & Christine BrunnerNan BuchananRoger & Cindy BumpsTom & Linda BurleyDebbie BurowKen & Shay CallahanBarry & Sharon CampbellLydia CarlsonJanet Carpenter

Danny & Kim CecilGlenn & Karen CesaDavid & Janet ChestnutSheau Ping ChingDoug CliftonDr. & Mrs. J. David & Beverly ClydeMichael ColtonMichael ConnellyLeonard & Joanne ConnerChris & Nancy ConniffRonald & Nancy ConnorAlan & Linda CoreyPaul CorreaFrank & Chris CowanJim & Lori CoxBen & Tamara CrawfordBrian & Dawn DaileyRufus DaltonBarry & Shirley DanielDavid & Heidi DasingerRev. & Mrs. Charles & Ingrid DavisMichael & Megan DavisFrank & Elaine DennisonDr. & Mrs. Colin & Susan DerdeynMark DeterlingBob & Jo Ellen DietzJerry & Sandra DrakeBruce & Nancy DutcherMr. & Rev. Dr. William & Suzanne EbelJesse & Anne Marie EdmundsFred & Linda EdwardsHelen & Martin EgerChristina & Roy EllsberryLisa ElmoreFranklin & Debra EnsorJames & Catheryn EpsteinJohn & Valerie FairchildBlaise FallonWilliam & June FarrellWilliam FaulkJohn FeyererStephen & Eva FincherGreg & Sandee FinleyFirst Presbyterian Church of Tulsa Allen & Marla FitzwaterKenneth & Lesley FlukeMike & Marty FranchotDr. & Mrs. Mark & Lauren FranklinScooter & Carol FranksJames & Jeri FrederickKent Garbee

Rodney & Pamela GarrettJohn & Courtney GarrettBrenda GaskinsPhil & Jasmine GattiAdrian GatyKelly & Beth GebertRobert GebhartRobert & Bonnie GettsKay & Richard GieseckeBarney & Karen GiesenJohn & Ruth GiordanoScott GoldsteinRay & Lynda GoodfellowTerry & Julie GormanShaun & Sharron GrannisMart and Diana GreenThomas & Barbara GreenbergThomas & Barbara GreenbergGordon & Denise GreenhillMichael & Carol GreggMichael & Barbara GreyJohn & Kate HadleyJeffrey & Jennifer HargraveDr. & Mrs. James & Mary Ann HarkemaDavid & Anne HarperJeff & Janet HarrisRaymond & Megan HarrisonSharon HarrisonGeorge & Sally HauptfuhrerEdward & Pamela HawkinsJohn & Susan HayesRobert & Judy HeatonLea HelmerichCarl & Concepcion HenriquesChet & Gwen HenryKen & Deb HessGreg & Mary Grace HestonJackson & Penney HillGregory & Susan HolmgrenNancy HortonCol. & Mrs. Ronald & Elizabeth HouleSteve & Cynthia HuffstetterPeter & Joanne HughesKenneth & Lourdes HuntRobert HunterIan IbbitsonLee & Natalie IdenDon & Barbara Iehl

Doug & Dorothy IliffDavid & Debbie JacksonCarol JacksonAlan & Susan JacksonSunhee JeonHarry JhoDiana JinJeffrey & Danielle JohnsonTom & Pamela JohnsonLynn JohnsonJuliette JohnsonBlake JohnsonJudith JonesWayne & Elizabeth JonesJames & Susan JonesDale & Cindy JorgensonEugene & Michelle KaleniakCurtis & Mary KauffmanMichael & Frances KemperGregg & Jill KiehlDavid KilpatrickLane & Linda KimbroughJohn & Barb KinastStephanie KingDavid & Pat KirkerDavid KitchensKirk KnousDavid and Annie KnowlesKent & Beth KochheiserKathy KrivacekW Curt Lafrance Jr.Larry & Rosemary LairdMark & Silvia LamendolaDr. Michael LandwehrJames & Bonnie LaneyHoward LawrenceJimmie LawsonBruce LeepDr. & Mrs. Eric & Barbara LeestmaDaniel LegareGreg LeithLisa & Stephen LexSteven & Cindy LitchfieldBrett LongWesley & Stephanie LonsberryKen LupinoMike & Carol MarkerJin & Monika MarshallJay & Betty MartinJames & Nadine MaxwellEric & Susan MayWilliam & Colleen McCraryPeter McGrath

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Renee McGuireErnie McLeanRyan McNeillEd & Nancy MelloBrad & Olga AlaridChristopher MilesRobert & Joan MillerJD & Diane MillerMark & Karen MitchellBob & Jerrie MoffettDr. & Mrs. Merrill & Jena MoreyMarquita MossRobert & Nancy MowreyMyatt MyattRandy & Pamela NewmanWilliam & Linda NewtonCarolyne NielsonElliot & Joy NowelsSteve & Denise NybergLiam O’BrienKurt OliverJoy & Eric OrmeCeleste OrnellasDale OrwigStefan & Kathleen PalanskyScott & Marline PallaisKen & Robin ParishJerry & Becky ParkerPhilip & Susan PerdueEric & Gina PeterPete & Sam PetersonBlake PfefferGreg PlossDavid & Beverly PorterAl & Cassia PortugalGlen PosladekKay & Hill PoundRobert PruittJames & Karen PruittCharles & Karletta PruszynskiJohn Putnam

Dale & Cathy ReichelJim & Cindy ReillyAdam & Christina RichardsJeffrey RingBetty RivesDomenic & Mary RizziMark & Melissa RobertsonEric & Naja RobinsonMichael RodgersJaime & Priscilla RomeroStone & Barbara RoseDr. & Mrs. Hugh & Kathleen RossEric RothdeutschEdward SaboCarol SampsonSteven & Debbie SanchezTheodore & Sarah SandsDr. & Mrs. Steven & Anne SarkisianRyan SchaubDouglas & Elizabeth SchefflerBrent & Natalina SchlonegerVernon & Ellie SchmidtRobert & Virginia SchofieldWalter & Pat SchriverCynthia SchrothThomas & Kelly ScurichKim SeeburgerAnneliese SepaniakDaniel & Nancy SharpFred & Sherrie SharpeJonathan & Rachel SherrillMicheline ShipleyDale & Susan ShirasagoJo SkibbyChrista SlymanDoug & Nan SmithEd & Babs Smith

Norm & Kathie SmithGregory & Michele SmithEdward SmithBaker & Debby SmithPamela SmythJosh & Denise SnyderTimothy SoltDick & Kris SpainJerry & Kitty SpenceFrank & Arlana St. ClairDon & Kate StamasJulie StarcherBarry & Sam StarePhilip & Rachael StarkeTerry & Joy StaufferMilivoje & Terry StefanovicLyle StephensonChuck StetsonRussell & Kathy StevensMark & Robin StewartDaniel & Andrea StrainDavid StuhrJan StullLaura SullivanDamon & Lynn SwanerDoug TaborSteven & Carmen TateDr. & Mrs. David & Mickey TemplinJon TermanJudi TeskeJay & Cheryl ThompsonJoshua ThorsvikGrant & Suzan TibbettsDr. Jim TonerPaul & Stephanie TurneyJon & Dana Van KinsbergenSheryl & Chris Van RuitenDr. & Dr. Lloyd & Mary Van WinkleBrenda VantreaseDavid & Rhonda VaughnDon & Lois Verleur

Allen & Christina VothMark & Marissa WadlingtonDr. & Mrs. Lyle & Gayle WadsworthArden & Virginia WalkerChris & Sarah WatsonCharlie & Natalie WeaklyJohn & Diana WeissDavid & Ronda WellsDenise WestfallJan WestonJohn WheelerJames & Kelly WhitcombHal & Sandy WidenerRita WignallRodger & Karen WilliamsDaniel & Marla WilliamsJulia WilsonBrian & Julia WilsonJames & Shannon WinebrennerLarry & Wanda WisemanPaul & Mary Jo WohlersJoley & Mark WoodBill & Holly WorsleySteven WyseNeil & Nancy YoungDavid & Colleen ZientekErwin ZochTodd & Monica ZublerANONYMOUS (3)

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Platinum Circle ($100,000 +), Gold Circle ($25,000 - $99,999), Silver Circle ($10,000 - $24,999), Bronze Circle ($5,000 - $9,999), Cornerstone Circle ($2,000 - $4,999), Founder’s Circle ($1,000 - $1,999)

The names on this list were last updated on 1/15/2019. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. Please call us with any questions or corrections. FPA values the donations of our many other supporters and friends and extends our deepest gratitude to all. To join our Fellowship Circle, visit CSLewisOnStage.com/donate or call us at 212.582.2920 and ask for Sarah Mills.

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NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

While experiencing a production by Fellowship for Performing Arts, some people are curious about what drives our work.

FPA’s objective is to engage and enter-tain its patrons by telling stories from a Christian worldview that has the power to capture the imagination of a diverse audience.

Our process begins with careful atten-tion to selecting works we think can accomplish this objective.

We also strive to execute our artistic vision to the highest level of excellence our budgets allow. Part of achieving this is to attract a first-rate cast and creative team.

I’m aware that, despite the best of intentions, the notion of a “religious” play might send up a yellow flag.

During our first New York season, sev-eral reviewers expressed this skepticism in print. One critic, upon discovering our worldview, wrote “my heart sank.” Another made the understatement that presenting plays from a place of religious conviction “to a general audience is no easy thing.”

In both cases, it was the work that turned them around. The first declared, “I expected a preachy bore, not this deliciously witty, theatrical treat that still resonates and amuses the day after.” He went on, “I expect that, like the first, [the next production] will be entertaining, very well-staged and imbued with seri-

ous Christian thought and an earnest invitation to introspection.”

The second critic began by stating that he was “Jewish by birth, liberal by convic-tion and an atheist by observation and introspection.” He went on to express “how much I admire the approach of Fellowship for Performing Arts...They do their work through a careful combination of good storytelling—craft comes first...allowing any message implicit in the material to take care of itself.”

A third critic commented that “Fellowship for Performing Arts offers something that has been sorely missing from the New York theater scene for far too long: high-quality, challenging the-ater from a Christian perspective. Most impressively...they let the drama lead the way, allowing us to debate what we have witnessed on the trip home.”

Such feedback is welcomed. Art hints at the deeper structures of reality. FPA desires to create theatre that contributes to a better understanding of that reality. To do that requires honest, clear-eyed storytelling that entertains and engages its audiences. If a play doesn’t do that, it really doesn’t matter what else it does.

Thank you for the privilege of attempt-ing to do just that at this performance.

Ticket Sales Cover Just 50% of FPA’s BudgetFriends like you make up the difference. Please support our mission of presenting theatre with excellence from a Christian worldview to diverse audiences. For information visit FPAtheatre.com/support

DID YOU KNOW?

2019 NATIONAL TOUR*

O N S T A G E

THE MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT

JAN 31-FEB 3 • UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTINFEB 7 • UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

FEB 10 • FT. LAUDERDALE - Parker PlayhouseFEB 16-17 • TAMPA - Straz Center

MAR 10 • LOUISVILLE - Brown TheatreMAR 20-24 • CHARLOTTE - Booth PlayhouseAPR 14 • BIRMINGHAM - BJCC Concert Hall

APR 17 • VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYAPR 27 • CHATTANOOGA - Tivoli TheatreMAY 3 • SAN ANTONIO - Majestic Theatre

JUNE 14-15 • SACRAMENTO - Harris Center, FolsomJUN 22-23 • SAN FRANCISCO - Herbst Theatre

JUN 29 • COLORADO SPRINGS - Pikes Peak CenterJUL 11-21 • LOS ANGELES - The Broad, Santa Monica

AUG 2-3 • PORTLAND, OR - Newmark TheatreAUG 10 • BAY HARBOR, MI - Great Lakes Center for the Arts

JAN 18-19 • NASHVILLE - TPACJAN 29-FEB 3 • WASHINGTON D.C. - Lansburgh Theatre

FEB 16 • PITTSBURGH - Byham TheaterFEB 23 • DALLAS - Eisemann Center

MAR 5-17 • HOUSTON - George TheaterMAR 28-31 • TULSA - Tulsa PAC

APR 12-13 • KANSAS CITY - Kauffman CenterMAY 10-11 • PHOENIX - Herberger Theatre Center

MAY 18 • SAN DIEGO - Balboa TheatreJUNE 8-9 • ATLANTA - Ferst Center

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*As of Jan. 15, 2019. New dates added regularly. Please check website.