Playwright Mark St. Germain to Visit Cape May Stage, 9/21-22

Playwright Mark St. Germain, author of Freud's Last Session, will be paying Cape May Stage a special visit Saturday, September 21 and Sunday, September 22. In two very special talk-backs after the 8 p.m. performances, St. Germain will illuminate audiences to the inspiration for the show and the process of tackling the radically different positions of the two main characters. Audiences will get the opportunity to pose questions and engage in discourse with St. Germain, accompanied by light refreshments in the intimate setting of the Robert Shackleton Playhouse.

"Having an artist like Mark St. Germain talk to our patrons gives new insights into the creation of Freud's Last Session - we are so privileged to have him in person," says Cape May Stage's Producing Artistic Director Roy Steinberg.

Mark St. Germain has written a number of other works, including most recently Dr. Ruth, All the Way (2012), and Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah, premiering in August of this year. Both works focus on fictional encounters between historical figures in a similar way to Freud's Last Session. For its depiction of a fictional encounter of Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis, Freud's Last Session won the Best Play Award from the Off Broadway Alliance in 2011.

Freud's Last Session stars Cape May Stage veterans Joel Rooks and Mark Irish and runs from Wednesday, September 18 to Saturday, October 19 at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse located at the corner of Bank and Lafayette Streets in downtown Cape May. Performances are at 8 p.m. and occur Tuesdays through Sundays with a special $25 Anniversary matinee at 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 19.

An additional talk back with the cast and crew of Freud's Last Session will take place on Sunday, September 29 at 5 p.m. before that evening's performance. Complimentary refreshments will be served as the idea of 'contradictions' is addressed - between the irreconcilabilities and commonalities of faith and science, reality and fantasy - and the role these contradictions play in the show.

Tickets to performances of Freud's Last Session are $35 adults, $30 seniors, and $15 students. Admission to the talk backs is pay-what-you-can or a suggested donation of $10. For more information visit www.capemaystage.org or call the box office at (609) 770-8311.

Photo by Kevin Sprague