New multimedia theater experience debuting in North Texas

DALLAS, TX / ACCESSWIRE / Aug 26, 2022 / Out of Performing Arts Scholarshipthe producers of the screw letters, and starring award-winning actor Max McLean comes the world premiere of a dazzling new theatrical experience that will take you with you Further up and further in the wit and wisdom of CS Lewis.

After three years of development CS Lewis on stage: Further up and further in arrives October 13-23, 2022 at the Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Dr., Richardson, TX 75082-4332.

“As Lewis went from energetic debunker to believer, it wasn’t obvious that he would become the most influential Christian writer of the last hundred years,” said actor and playwright Max McLean. “Why did the BBC give Lewis a nationwide audience to deliver unprecedentedly popular radio talks that would later become? Pure Christianity? How did Hitler’s underhanded charm influence the writing of The screw letters? What made Lewis such an effective apologist/evangelist for skeptics? Was it prayer? His expectation of the second coming? Or was it his deep yearning for heaven that also inspired much of his writing, including Narnia and The Big Divorce?”

In CS Lewis’ own words: Further up and further in explores these questions and more through an immersive, state-of-the-art theatrical experience featuring stunning visuals, immersive music and Lewis’ amazing storytelling. Further up and further in is a standalone production that builds on the story of Lewis’ conversion as a young man as told in the national hit CS Lewis on stage: The most reluctant convert.

The award-winning creative team is led by Kelly Tighe, set design (National Tour, Cats), John Gromada’s original music (Broadway, Tony Nomination, The Trip to Bountiful), Harry Feiner’s visual imagery (Off-Broadway, Paradise Lost), and Geoffrey Fishburn’s lighting ( Off-Broadway, Martin Luther on Trial), all directed by Ken Denison (The Lion King,…