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ATLANTA – THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, the provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ novel about spiritual warfare from a demon’s point of view, returns to Atlanta at the Cobb Energy Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 3 p.m., plus, by popular demand, a second performance added at 7 p.m.

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS has played to capacity audiences in major cities across the U.S., including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Boston, Salt Lake City, Orlando, Seattle and Dallas and in London. Over 500,000 people have seen the production, which continues to attract a national following.

The Associated Press called The Screwtape Letters“Devilishly funny!” Newsweek ranked it among the best productions of the year in New York City, and The Chicago Tribune called The Screwtape Letters “Very smart…richly rewarding…exuberant theatricality!”  

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS creates a topsy-turvy, morallyinverted 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, and his slavish creature-demon, Toadpipe, as they train an apprentice demon, Wormwood, on how to ruin the life and damn the soul of an unsuspecting human on earth.

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS stars Brent Harris as Screwtape (Scar in The Lion King national tour).

Along with The Chronicles of Narnia, The Screwtape Lettersremains 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.

The idea for Screwtape came to Lewis after listening to Hitler’s Reichstag speech on July 19, 1940, while it was simultaneously translated on BBC Radio. Lewis wrote, “I don’t know if I’m weaker than other people, but it is a positive revelation to me how, while the speech lasts, it is impossible not to waver just a little. Statements which I know to be untrue all but convince me, if only the man says them unflinchingly.”

Lewis dedicated the book 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 Fellowship for Performing Arts. Founded by Artistic Director Max McLean, Fellowship for Performing Arts is a New York City-based production company whose mission is to create theatre and film from a Christian worldview to engage a diverse audience. In addition to annual seasons at Theatre Row in New York City, it produces coast-to-coast tours in both major performing arts venues and university theatres. McLean is the 2022 recipient of the C.S. Lewis Foundation Award for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions in Faith and Dramatic Arts.

FPA also produced the hit film The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis, which is available to stream now on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, PureFlix and YouTube, as well as to purchase on DVD and Blu-ray.

For more information, ScrewtapeOnStage.com

Show: The Screwtape Letters

Date: Sunday, Sept. 10, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Ticket Prices:  $49, $59, $69, $99

Venue: Cobb Energy Center for the Performing Arts

Address: 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30339

Ways to Purchase:

Online:https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E005ECD99D21B7B

Phone: 800-982-2787 (Ticketmaster)

Box Office: 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30339

Box Office Hours: The box office is only open on performance days beginning at 2 pm.

Ways to Save: 

$30 under 30 – Purchase at Box Office. Under 30 years old. ID required. Limited supply. Act Fast!

SAVE MORE! For groups of 10 or more. Email groups@fpatheatre.com

All tickets are subject to service fees and handling charges. No refunds or exchanges.

Produced by Fellowship for Performing Arts

630 9th Avenue, Suite 1409, New York NY 10036

Directed by Max McLean

Ken Denison, Executive Producer 

Cameron Anderson, Scenic Design​

Michael Bevins, Costume Design

Jesse Klug, Lighting Design

John Gromada, Original Music & Sound Design

Aruba Productions, General Management