This three-play festival celebrates Philadelphia actor/playwright Anthony Lawton's spiritual theater for a secular audience.

The Great Divorce

Based on the Novel by C.S. Lewis

Adapted and Performed by Anthony Lawton

December 3 - 19

  C.S. Lewis' own favorite among his works, The Great Divorce tells the satirical and comic story of hapless professor Clive and the motley band of malcontents who join him on a very curious bus ride. Journeying between Heaven and Hell, Clive crosses a wildly inventive landscape filled with dazzling language, surprising insight, and imagination.

The Devil and Billy Markham

By Shel Silverstein

Adapted and Performed by Anthony Lawton

December 8, 11, and 15

  Written entirely in rhyming couplets and punctuated with blues and country music, this raucous and raunchy play follows songwriter, good ol' boy, and ne'er-do-well Billy and his betting misadventures with the Devil. This play includes themes of sacrifice and redemption and is unapologetically and joyously profane. PARENTAL GUIDANCE ADVISED FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS UNDER 17.

Heresy

Written and Performed by Anthony Lawton

December 8, 15, and 18

  A probing, comic, autobiographical solo play in which Lawton wrestles with the value of religion. Where is the line between faith and superstition? Why are so many Christians so un-Christian? What is the difference between faith that heals and faith that destroys? This play contains profanity, frank discussions of sex, and ideas that some may consider to be blasphemous. CHILDREN UNDER 17 NOT ADMITTED.