SCREWTAPE LETTERS Launches Fellowship for Performing Arts' NYC Return Tonight

Fellowship for Performing Arts returns to New York with their 2016/2017 season at the Pearl Theatre (555 West 42nd Street).

Fellowship for Performing Arts will present two plays in New York City, including the return of the acclaimed play and nationwide hit C.S. Lewis' THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS starring FPA Founder and Artistic Director Max McLean; and a new production of FPA's first wholly original play, MARTIN LUTHER ON TRIAL, which appeared as a workshop in New York last season.

Tickets for all productions are now on sale at www.FPAtheatre.com.

"We are excited to return to New York this fall after a terrific inaugural season last year," said FPA Founder and Artistic Director Max McLean. "This year, we look forward to presenting audiences with two distinct experiences by bringing back the company's signature production of THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS and staging a full production of our first original play MARTIN LUTHER ON TRIAL."

ABOUT THE 2016/2017 FPA SEASON:

FPA returns to New York with the acclaimed play C.S. Lewis' THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, based on the novel by C.S. Lewis and adapted for the stage by Jeffrey Fiske and McLean. C.S. Lewis' THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS is a smart, provocative and wickedly witty theatrical adaptation of the Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view. The play, set in an eerily stylish office in Hell, follows the clever scheming of one of Satan's senior tempters, Screwtape. He advises his nephew, a junior tempter, on enticing a human "patient" toward damnation. In this topsy-turvy, morally inverted universe, God is the "Enemy" and The Devil is "Our Father Below." The stakes are high as human souls are Hell's primary source of food. C.S. Lewis' THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS returns to New York for a limited run tonight, November 15, through November 27, 2016.

FPA will present MARTIN LUTHER ON TRIAL, written by Chris Cragin-Day and McLean, and directed by Michael Parva. In this new play MARTIN LUTHER ON TRIAL, which appeared in FPA's season last winter as a workshop production, Luther's beloved wife Katie defends him and The Devil prosecutes as witnesses including Adolf Hitler, Sigmund Freud, Rabbi Josel, St. Paul, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Pope Francis take the stand. Even as 2017 marks 500 years since Luther ignited the Protestant Revolt against Rome, he continues to spark intense debate. You be the judge in this witty, provocative exploration of one of history's most explosive personalities and the religious and political controversies he unleashed. MARTIN LUTHER ON TRIAL begins performances on December 2, 2016, and runs through January 29, 2017.

Tickets are now on sale. To purchase tickets, visit www.FPAtheatre.com or call 212-563-9261.

Founded in 1992 by Max McLean, New York City-based Fellowship for Performing Arts produces award-winning theatre from a Christian worldview presented in leading performance venues nationwide and created to engage diverse audiences.