C.S. Lewis' THE GREAT DIVORCE Comes to Charleston's Sottile Theatre on Feb. 28 & March 1

New York–Max McLean, Artistic
Director of Fellowship for the
Performing Arts, announces that C.S. Lewis’
THE GREAT DIVORCE will be presented at the College of
Charleston Sottile Theatre, 44 George Street, Charleston, SC, for three
performances only on Friday, February 28 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, March 1 at 4
p.m. and 8 p.m. 
This journey to Heaven and Hell is a
provocative exploration of human nature, featuring vivid characters drawn with
Lewis’ trademark wit.  THE GREAT DIVORCE
National Tour will visit cities including Cleveland, Nashville, Colorado
Springs and Columbus in 2014. 

Fellowship for the Performing Arts also produces the
nationally acclaimed hit THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, which will soon enter
its fourth year after appearing in over 50 major cities throughout the United
States.  Over 350,000 theatergoers have
seen THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS on tour and in successful sit-down
productions in New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Following the
overwhelming success of THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS, McLean conceived the idea
to adapt THE GREAT DIVORCE for the stage.

"This is Lewis at his imaginative
best," says McLean.
In THE GREAT DIVORCE, several of
Lewis' most provocative characters take a bus ride from Hell to Paradise. But
the bizarre question the play asks is: Will they like it? Will they prefer Hell
to Heaven?  Are the doors of Hell really locked from the inside?

Three actors transform into over a
dozen different personality types to tell this fantastical morality tale about
good and evil. On the bus is a man who is going to demand his ‘rights’, a
woman who can't stop grumbling, a gentleman who ‘likes’ Heaven but staying
there means giving up his precious pet lizard, and a world traveler who
believes Heaven and Hell are just a propaganda stunt run by the same
people.  As each ghost is welcomed by a
celestial spirit, the choice of staying or going back brings vivid clarity to
the “great divorce” between Heaven and Hell. 

"There
are only two kinds of people in the end," Lewis writes in THE GREAT DIVORCE, "those who say
to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will
be done.'"  THE GREAT DIVORCE remains one of Lewis' most influential pieces and
rightly earns its place among classics such as The Lion, The Witch and
The Wardrobe, The Screwtape Letters and Mere
Christianity. 

THE
GREAT DIVORCE stars Tom Beckett (Bobby Boland, Epic
Proportions and The Father on Broadway and “Elbridge
Gerry” in HBO's John Adams),
Joel Rainwater (The Lion King, National Tour) and Christa Scott-Reed (The Pitmen
Painters on Broadway).

Fellowship for the Performing Arts
is based in New York City with Max McLean as Founder and Artistic
Director.  Adapted by McLean and Brian
Watkins, THE GREAT DIVORCE is directed
by Bill Castellino, with the creative team including Executive Producer and
General Manager Ken Denison of Aruba Productions, Scenic Designer Kelly James
Tighe, Costume Designer Nicole Wee and Lighting Designer Michael Gilliam. Original Music and Sound Design are by
John Gromada with Projections by Chris Kateff.

Fellowship
for the Performing Arts' production of THE
GREAT DIVORCE celebrates the legacy of C.S. Lewis’ profoundly influential
life and honors the 50th anniversary of his death on November 22, 1963.  This year, on that date, Lewis received one
of Britain's highest honors, a memorial in Poets' Corner joining such legends
as Chaucer, Shakespeare and Dickens.

THE GREAT DIVORCE will play on Friday,
February 28 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, March 1 at 4 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.  Tickets are $29 to $59.  Student seats are $25 (student ID required).
For groups of 10 or more (including student groups) call 866.476.8707.

To purchase tickets, visit www.greatdivorceonstage.com or call 800.514.3849.
The Sottile Box Office will open on
performances days only: Friday 6pm to 8pm; Saturday 1pm to 9pm. Special note:
Please bring your order confirmation receipt number and arrive early to collect
tickets.