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For those of you who live in the Chicago area or are visiting soon, you will want to check out Max McLean’s performance of C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters<\/em>.\u00a0 Below is a promotional article from the Chicago Sun Times discussing a special performance and panel celebrating the 110th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’ birth.\u00a0 The article can be found by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

C.S. Lewis’ 110th sparks party, discussion at ‘Screwtape’<\/strong><\/p>\n

November 19, 2008<\/p>\n

Celebrate the 110th birthday of author C.S. Lewis at the Dec. 4 performance of the critically acclaimed “The Screwtape Letters,” now playing at the Mercury Theater. A panel of Lewis experts, as well as birthday cake and other refreshments, will be on hand for the 8 p.m. performance.<\/p>\n

The panel will include the show’s co-creator and star Max McLean; co-creator and director Jeffrey Fiske; Sandy Rios, host of “The Sandy Rios Show” on Chicago’s Christian Talk Radio, WYLL-AM (1160); Dr. Jerry Root, Lewis scholar, editor of The Quotable Lewis <\/em>and author of C.S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil; <\/em>Marjorie Mead, associate director of the Wade Center at Wheaton College, and others.<\/p>\n

The Wade Center houses the largest collection in the world of Lewis’ papers and archives (including his writing desk and the wardrobe that inspired the The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em>).<\/p>\n

In addition to the Dec. 4 celebration, the theater is offering special $35 tickets for the first 110 callers who purchase tickets for Thanksgiving weekend performances.<\/p>\n

Tickets, $29-$48.50, are available at the theater box office, 3745 N. Southport (773-325-1700), or at Ticketmaster, (312) 902-1500 or Ticketmaster.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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