THERE’S A NEW FREUD & LEWIS IN
SESSION!
Freud's Last Session
Introduces George Morfogen & Jim Stanek
to the Cast Beginning 3/16 at New World Stages
NEW YORK, NY: On Friday, March
16th, George Morfogen and Jim Stanek are set to join the cast of Off-Broadway’s
award-winning hit FREUD’S LAST SESSION as Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis
respectively. Original cast members, Mark H. Dold and Martin Rayner, are taking
their show on the road and opening the Chicago production of FREUD’S LAST
SESSION, beginning performances March 21st at the Mercury Theatre. This Monday
(President’s Day), FREUD’S LAST SESSION will celebrate its 600th New York
performance at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street).
FREUD’S LAST SESSION is currently in its second smash year and is the winner of
the 2011 Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Play. FREUD'S LAST SESSION opened
on July 22, 2010 to unanimous rave reviews and immediately became a sellout
sensation. Additional productions of Mark St. Germain’s hit play are set to open
into 2013 in major markets across the nation and around the world, including
London, Madrid, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Seattle,
Indianapolis, and Pittsburgh.
Under the direction of Tyler Marchant, FREUD'S LAST SESSION centers on legendary
psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud, who invites the young, rising academic star C.
S. Lewis to his home in London. Lewis, expecting to be called on the carpet for
satirizing Freud in a recent book, soon realizes Freud has a much more
significant agenda. On the day England enters World War II, Freud and Lewis
clash on the existence of God, love, sex, and the meaning of life – only two
weeks before Freud chooses to take his own. Not just a powerful debate, this is
a profound and deeply touching play about two men who boldly addressed the
greatest questions of all time. Mark St. Germain’s celebrated new play was
suggested by the bestselling book The Question of God by Harvard’s Dr. Armand M.
Nicholi, Jr.
George Morfogen starred on TV’s “Oz” as Bob Rebadow. His Broadway credits
include An Inspector Calls, Arms and the Man, Fortune's Fool, and A Man for All
Seasons. Off-Broadway credits include Mrs. Warren's Profession, Uncle Bob, The
Country Girl, Cyrano, All's Well That Ends Well, Richard II, Antony and
Cleopatra, Hamlet, Othello, Cymbeline, Henry V, and A Midsummer Night's Dream
(Public). George’s many films include “V,” What’s Up Doc? and Twenty Bucks.
Jim Stanek starred on Broadway in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
and Lestat, and Off-Broadway in Jacques Brel…; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now
Change; Captains Courageous; Saturday Night; Slut; and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
Film and TV credits include Bella, Borough of Kings, “Adversaries,” and “Mary
and Rhoda.”
Playwright Mark St. Germain has written the plays Camping with Henry and Tom
(Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards), The Best of Enemies, Out of
Gas on Lover’s Leap, and Forgiving Typhoid Mary. With Randy Courts, he has
written the musicals The Gifts of the Magi, Johnny Pye and the Foolkiller and
Jack’s Holiday. TV credits include Writer and Creative Consultant for The Cosby
Show. Mark co-wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed film Duma, and he directed
and co-produced the documentary My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story featuring
Richard Gere, Glenn Close and Edward Albee, among many others.
FREUD'S LAST SESSION is produced Off-Broadway by Carolyn Rossi Copeland, Robert
Stillman and Jack Thomas. The performance schedule is Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 8pm; with matinees Wednesday at
2:30pm, Saturday at 2pm, and Sunday at 3pm. There will be a special added
holiday performance this Sunday evening, February 19th at 7pm. Running time is
79 minutes with no intermission. Tickets are $65 and are available at
Telecharge.com 212-239-6200 or through www.FreudsLastSession.com. A limited
number of $21.50 Student Rush tickets (cash only, with valid student ID) are
available at the box office beginning three hours prior to each performance.
For more information, visit
www.FreudsLastSession.com.
