by  William Nicholson, directed by Linda Dunn

When the reserved British theologian C.S. Lewis (author of The Chronicles of Narnia) meets the American poet Joy Gresham, he has no idea how their lives will soon become entwined. As a religious scholar, he thinks he knows why God lets people suffer. But then he meets Joy, and this beautiful play follows their timid steps from first meeting to a full, loving relationship, complicated by illness, the constant risk of loss and the doubts that spring up when an intellectual is confronted by actual grief.

 

(in order of appearance)
Hugh Campion (Harry Harrington)
Jennifer Reimer (Joy Gresham)
Wood Lockhart (Christopher Riley)
Philip Bohlman (Douglas)
Chuck Isen (C.S. Lewis)
Matt Farrell (Alan Gregg/Doctor)
Alex Ross (Major Warnie Lewis)
Anne Ripley (Nurse/Registrar)
Joel Roth (Maurice Oakley/Clerk)
Oak Dowling (Priest/Waiter)

Director: Linda Dunn
Production Manager: Maureen O'Donoghue
Set Design: Patrick Kroboth
Set Construction: Ian Swift, David L. Smith
Scenic Artist: Megan Kenyon
Costume Design: Michael A. Berg
Lighting Design: Ellen Brooks
Sound Design: Stephen Dietz
Property Design: Sue Anderson
Dialect Coach: Anne Ripley
Stage Manager: Madge Grahn
Light Board Operator: Austin Nuyens
Box Office Manager: Anne Ripley
Volunteer Coordinator: Susan Suomi
Publicity Coordinators: Tinka Ross, Suzie Hughes
Publicist: Kim Taylor
Graphic Design: Ron Severdia

 

REVIEWS
"The play cleverly integrates Lewis' legacy by showing a giant wardrobe, into which Douglas disappears as he merges fiction into life."
–Olga Azar, Marin Scope Newspapers

"Anglophiles and armchair theologians will find much to like in this staid and somewhat off-kilter production of Nicholson's 1989 play about a staid and off-kilter romance."
–Mark Langton, Marin Independent Journal

"...actors present convincing and drastic character development....a fast paced production with numerous scenes and many eccentric supporting characters."
–Albert Goodwyn, S.F. Bay Times

"...an evening of drama that turns on the slightest rise of an eyebrow or depth of a breath."
–David Kashimba, Joint Forces Military Journal

"...many heartfelt humorous and tearful scenes."
–Maria Vrobel, Listen and be Heard

"...Reimer and Isen are well cast as Nicholson's unlikely lovers. Isen is a perfect match for C.S. Lewis....we really believe the human despair that Isen brings to the writer."
–Lee Brady, Pacific Sun

" Alex Ross is outstanding in the role of Warnie, C.S. Lewis' brother. His precise British speech is perfect and he dominates every scene in which he appears."
–Richard Connema, TalkinBroadway.com

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