Mark Your Calendars: The Screwtape Letters, an acclaimed theatrical production based on the classic novel by C.S. Lewis, will be presented in a limited engagement at Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah, 1395 Presidents Circle, on Saturday, January 28 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

The production is presented by Fellowship of the Performing Arts, whose mission is to produce theater from a Christian worldview that engages a diverse audience. The mainstream press including THE NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL have responded enthusiastically. CHRISTIANITY TODAY called the production “a profound experience” and WORLD described it as “a sizzling adaptation of the Lewis classic.”

One of the great blessings of this play is how it opens up questions of faith that are often difficult to bring up in ordinary conversation. The Screwtape Letters is a wonderful place to awaken Christian ideas in a safe, neutral environment. We would love for you to experience the unique way in which FPA carries out its ministry.

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• Limited Number of $29 Tix!
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The Screwtape Letters creates a topsyturvy morally inverted universe set in an eerily stylish office in hell, where God is called the “Enemy” and the devil is referred to as “Our Father below.”

The play follows His Abysmal Sublimity Screwtape, Satan’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 human “patient” down the “soft, gentle path to hell.”

Along with The Chronicles of Narnia (including The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe), The Great Divorce and Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters is still one of Lewis’ most popular and influential works. The book's piercing insight into human nature and the lucid and humorous way Lewis makes his readers squirm in self recognition made it an immediate success. When first published in 1942 it brought worldwide fame to this little-known Oxford don including the cover of Time Magazine.

Lewis dedicated it to his close friend J. R. R. Tolkien who had expressed to Lewis that delving too deeply into the craft of evil would have consequences. Lewis admitted as much when he wrote “Though I had never written anything more easily, I never wrote with less enjoyment . . . though it was easy to twist one’s mind into the diabolical attitude, it was not fun, or not for long. The work into which I had to project myself while I spoke through Screwtape was all dust, grit, thirst, and itch. Every trace of beauty, freshness, and geniality had to be excluded.”

The Screwtape Letters is produced by New York City based Fellowship for the Performing Arts. Max McLean serves as Artistic Director. Executive Producer and General Manager is Ken Denison of Aruba Productions. Scenic Design is by Cameron Anderson, Costumes by Michael Bevins, Lighting Design by Jesse Klug, and Original Music and Sound Design by John Gromada.

The performance schedule for The Screwtape Letters is Saturday, January 28 at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets range from $29 - $59. There are a limited number of premium seats available for $89.