Freud's Last Session Gets New Home

Martin Rayner and Mark H. Dold. Photo: Kevin Sprague

Mark St. Germain’s Off-Broadway play, Freud's Last Session, will move to New World Stages this fall, beginning performances Friday, Oct. 7.
The play, which surrounds a debate about faith between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis, won the 2011 Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Play. It is directed by Tyler Marchant and is produced by Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Robert Stillman and Jack Thomas.

Starring Mark H. Dold as C. S. Lewis and Martin Rayner as Sigmund Freud, the play will run through Oct. 2 at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre, 10 West 64th St. (at Central Park West) before moving.

The performance schedule at New World Stages (340 West 50th St.) will be Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 2 and 8 pm, and Sunday at 3 and 7 pm. Tickets are $65 and are available at New World Stages through Telecharge.com 212-239-6200, and until 10/2 at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre 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.

Additional productions of Freud's Last Session are set through 2012 in major markets across the nation and around the world including London, Madrid, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles, Stockholm, Mexico City, Chicago, Seattle, Atlanta, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Palm Beach.

For a review of the play, click herhttp://reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com/2011/02/theater-review-freuds-last-session.htmle. For more information, visit www.FreudsLastSession.com