FREUD'S LAST SESSION to Host Encore Socrates in the City Event

The first Socrates in the City event of 2011 was a performance of the hit play FREUD'S LAST SESSION, by Mark St. Germain, on February 13th. That event sold out the same day it was announced, so the organization is hosting a second event at the play this Sunday, April 3rd at 7 pm. This one sold out just as quickly. Socrates in the City is the preeminent forum for philosophical discussion. After Sunday's performance, Socrates in the City founder Eric Metaxas will host a Q&A "talkback" with Mark St. Germain and the two stars of FREUD'S LAST SESSION, Mark H. Dold (C.S. Lewis) and Martin Rayner (Sigmund Freud).

Here's the history of how the play came to be as explained by Metaxas: "A few years ago we had Harvard's Dr. Armand Nicholi as one of our speakers at SITC. He spoke about his book The Question of God, which compares the worldviews of Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis. In our audience that night was a playwright named Mark St. Germain, who was inspired to write a play about these two men and what they believed. Thus was born FREUD'S LAST SESSION! So you will permit us if we smile with pride, as any midwife would do. Socrates himself considered himself a "midwife of ideas," so there is something to all of this... "

The Off-Broadway premiere engagement of FREUD'S LAST SESSION opened on July 22, 2010 to rave reviews and immediately became a sellout sensation at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater, 10 West 64th Street (at Central Park West). Under the direction of Tyler Marchant, FREUD'S LAST SESSION has played over 200 performances, making it the longest-running play of the season. FREUD'S LAST SESSION centers on legendary psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud, who invites the young, rising academic star C.S. Lewis to his home in London. Lewis, expecting to be called on the carpet for satirizing Freud in a recent book, soon realizes Freud has a much more significant agenda. On the day England enters World War II, Freud and Lewis clash on the existence of God, love, sex, and the meaning of life - just two weeks before Freud chooses to take his own. Not just a powerful debate, this is a profound and deeply touching play about two men who boldly addressed the greatest questions of all time. FREUD'S LAST SESSION had its world premiere at Barrington Stage Company (MA) in June 2009, where it was extended twice and brought back by popular demand for two subsequent encore engagements. It holds the record as the longest-running show in Barrington Stage's history. FREUD'S LAST SESSION is presented Off-Broadway by Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Robert Stillman and Jack Thomas. The performance schedule is Tuesdays at 7pm, Wednesday through Friday evenings at 8pm, Saturdays at 2 & 8pm, and Sundays at 3 & 7pm. Tickets are $65 and are available by calling 212-352-3101 or through www.FreudsLastSession.com. A limited number of $20 Student Rush tickets (cash only, with valid student ID) are available at the box office beginning three hours prior to each performance.
For more information, visit www.FreudsLastSession.com.

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