TULSA (January 12, 2023) – From Fellowship for Performing Arts, the producers of The Screwtape Letters, and starring award-winning actor Max McLean, comes a dazzling, new theatrical experience that will take you Further Up & Further In the heart and mind of C.S. Lewis.

C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up & Further In arrives at The Williams Theatre at Tulsa Performing Arts Center in Tulsa, Feb. 2-4.

McLean’s tour de force performance captures Lewis’ magnetic personality, astonishing eloquence and self-deprecating wit to create an onstage experience venturing deep into the soul one of the most influential thinkers of the past century.

“When Lewis moved from vigorous debunker to believer, it wasn’t obvious he would become the most influential Christian writer of the past hundred years,” said McLean, who also wrote the script.

So, using Lewis’ own words, this multimedia, theatrical event explores:

• What convinced Lewis of the divinity of Christ.
• Why the BBC gave him a huge audience to deliver wartime talks that would become Mere Christianity.
• How Hitler influenced the writing of The Screwtape Letters.
• How his profound insights on prayer, heaven and the Second Coming of Christ influenced The Chronicles of Narnia.

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.

Visit FPAtheatre.com for additional stops in the C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up & Further In spring 2023 .