Heartwood Reschedules "Freud's Last Session"

Due to inclement weather, Heartwood’s previously scheduled reading of “Freud’s Last Session,” by Mark St. Germain, has been rescheduled to February 16th and 17th – adding a second performance, due to overwhelming audience interest. This smartly written two man script imagines a meeting between the legendary 83 year old psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud, a staunch atheist just days from taking his own life (read by John D. Adams) and the young, little-known professor, C.S. Lewis (read by Steven Shema), in Freud’s London study. On the day England enters World War II, Freud and Lewis engage in an intellectual battle of the wits – each ardent in their beliefs and not without a great deal of humor – around the looming questions on the existence of God, love, war, sex and the meaning of life. For audience members who enjoy intense debate and witty humor, these 55 minutes of lively discourse will be pure pleasure.

Skidompha Library atrium provides the perfect literary setting for this reading, part of Heartwood and Skidompha’s collaborative monthly series, “Thursday Nights,” sponsored by Maine Coast Book Store and Café. Join us on Thursday or Friday, Feb 16th or 17th, at 7pm for a thoroughly engaging evening with John Adams and Steve Shema. No reservations – first come, first serve. Suggested donations are $5/students and $8/adults. Suitable for audience 13 and up. Produced with special permission by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.