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AN EVENING WITH C.S. LEWIS & J.R.R

STARRING DAVID PAYNE

TICKET INFORMATION

GENERAL ON-SALE

Friday May 20th
10:00 a.m.

*Ticket prices subject to change.

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Location(s):

Paramount Theatre - 319-366-8203

SCHEDULE

Lobby Doors: 6:30 p.m.
House Doors: 7:00 p.m.
Showtime: 7:30 p.m.

*Door times subject to change.

PARKING

Downtown parking is available through Park Cedar Rapids. Street parking is also available.

PROHIBITED ITEMS

Please review our list of prohibited items prior to arrival. A complete A-Z Guide is also available.

COVID PROTOCOLS
Face masks are not required but are recommended in accordance with public health directives

There is no mandatory requirement for this performance to show proof of vaccine or provide a negative test

*Please check back in this column as the performance date gets closer to see if any requirements have changed.

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An Evening with C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien is a play set in Oxford’s Eagle & Child pub. Aging and legendary authors, J.R.R. Tolkien and his great friend C.S. Lewis, meet for what turns out to be the very last time.

They were lions of 20th century British fantasy, giants of a literary genre that reached millions of readers, young and old alike, with mystifying adventures to entertain and deep truths to move people’s hearts. C.S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia) and J.R.R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings) were also distinguished faculty members at Oxford University and participants in a literary group known as the Inklings. Their robust philosophical discourse served an uncommon friendship that was not without its differences. Life’s circumstances and, sometimes, unresolved disagreements forced an uncomfortable season of estrangement.

In An Evening with C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien, we join “Jack” and “Tollers,” as they knew each other, at Oxford’s historic Eagle and Child pub for one last visit, tempered by thawing humor, confession and reconciliation.