Max McLean

Fellowship for Performing Arts Hosts The Clive Awards Premiere Readings
by Stephi Wild - Jun 11, 2024

 Premiere staged readings of the two winning script entries in the inaugural Clive Awards playwriting contest are scheduled on June 12, 2024, at Theater Row in New York City. 

Premiere Readings of Clive Awards Winners to Take Place at Theater Row This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 10, 2024

Premiere staged readings of the two winning script entries in the inaugural Clive Awards playwriting contest will be presented at Theater Row in New York City.

Fellowship for Performing Arts Reveals Winners of the Inaugural Clive Awards
by Stephi Wild - Feb 7, 2024

Fellowship for Performing Arts has announced the winners of the inaugural Clive Awards! Learn more about all of the winners and their work here!

Two Playwrights Earn $40K In Prize Money For Fellowship For Performing Arts Inaugural Clive Awards Playwriting Competition
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 3, 2024

Two playwrights win $40K in prize money for the Fellowship for Performing Arts' inaugural Clive Awards playwriting competition.

Fellowship For Performing Arts Announces 6 Finalists For The Inaugural Clive Awards Playwriting Competition
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 22, 2023

Fellowship for Performing Arts announces finalists for the inaugural Clive Awards playwriting competition. $40K in prizes to encourage plays from a Christian worldview.

Previews: C. S. LEWIS: FURTHER UP AND FURTHER IN at B. B. Mann
by Fran Thomas - Dec 19, 2023

The Fellowship for Performing Arts is presenting an unusual evening, C. S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up and Further In, at Barbara B. Mann PAH on January 31, 2024, at 7 pm.  FPA is a not-for-profit New York City-based production company producing theatre and film from a Christian worldview to engage a diverse audience.

C.S. Lewis Is Coming To Washington, D.C. In A Dazzling, New Multimedia Theatrical Experience
by A.A. Cristi - May 19, 2023

From Fellowship for Performing Arts, the producers of The Screwtape Letters and The Most Reluctant Convert, and starring award-winning actor Max McLean, comes a dazzling, new theatrical experience that will take you Further Up & Further In the heart and mind of C.S. Lewis.

Fellowship For Performing Arts Announces The Clive Awards, A New Playwriting Competition
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 15, 2023

Fellowship for Performing Arts – producers of stage versions of The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, and C.S. Lewis On Stage: The Most Reluctant Convert – has announced the inaugural Clive Awards, a playwriting competition to encourage new plays from a Christian worldview, aimed at diverse, general audiences.

Fellowship For Performing Arts Launches Inaugural Clive Awards Playwriting Competition
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 31, 2023

Fellowship for Performing Arts – producers of stage versions of The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce and C.S. Lewis On Stage: The Most Reluctant Convert – is launching the inaugural Clive Awards, a playwriting competition to encourage new plays from a Christian worldview, aimed at diverse, general audiences. 

C.S. LEWIS ON STAGE: FURTHER UP & FURTHER IN Adds Two Shows at the Eisemann Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 17, 2022

Due to popular demand, Fellowship for Performing Arts, the producers of Further Up & Further In, have added two additional performances of the world premiere of the new theatrical experience starring Max McLean, featuring the wit and wisdom of C.S. Lewis.

World Premiere of C.S. LEWIS ON STAGE: FURTHER UP & FURTHER IN to be Presented at the Eisemann Center in October
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 25, 2022

From Fellowship for Performing Arts, the producers of The Screwtape Letters, and starring award-winning actor Max McLean, comes the world premiere of a dazzling, new theatrical experience that will take you Further Up & Further In the wit and wisdom of C.S. Lewis.

Robert Cuccioli & Edward James Hyland to Star in UNCLE TED: SCENES FROM THE MCCARRICK REPORT Reading
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 14, 2022

The Peccadillo Theater Company will present Edward James Hyland and Robert Cuccioli in  Uncle Ted: Scenes from the McCarrick Report, a new play by Dan Wackerman, directed by Michael Parva with John Fitzgibbon, Daren Kelly, Robert Verlaque, Kersti Bryan, Jonathan Brody, Jim Schubin, Michael Castillejos, and more.

C.S. Lewis Biopic Now Available On-Demand
by Michael Major - Dec 9, 2021

Presented by Fellowship for Performing Arts, The Most Reluctant Convert: The Untold Story of C.S. Lewis is a new film tracing the spiritual journey of renowned author of The Chronicles of Narnia. The new biopic, directed by double-Emmy and double-BAFTA Award-winning filmmaker Norman Stone , stars Max McLean and Nicholas Ralph. 

C.S. Lewis Biopic Adds Additional Screenings After Successful Premiere
by Michael Major - Nov 4, 2021

The cast of the film includes David Gang, Richard Harrington, Amy Alexander, and Michael Ward. The film is based on the hit U.S. play C.S. Lewis on Stage: The Most Reluctant Convert. Adapted by and starring Max McLean (Mark’s Gospel – Jeff Award, The Screwtape Letters). Watch the trailer for the new film now!

C.S. Lewis' THE GREAT DIVORCE to be Presented at The Kauffman Center
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 6, 2021

Fellowship for Performing Arts will return to live theatrical performances in Kansas City on Saturday, Sept. 11, at 4 p.m. with the hit national tour of C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce. This acclaimed production shows Lewis “at his imaginative best,” as described by the Dallas Morning News. 

Virtual Theatre This Weekend: March 27-28- with Ashley Spencer, Kara Lindsay and More!
by Nicole Rosky - Mar 27, 2021

Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, March 27-28, 2021.

Telly Leung, Nikki Renée Daniels, Alan H. Green, Jeff Kready and More to be Featured in EASTER PASSION
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 16, 2021

Fellowship for Performing Arts will present Easter Passion, an online experience of Jesus' last days through Scripture and song, premiering Palm Sunday, March 28. Joining award-winning actor Max McLean are Broadway artists Nikki Renée Daniels, Alan H. Green, Jeff Kready, Telly Leung, Diane Phelan, Marty Thomas, and Kay Trinidad.

Fellowship for Performing Arts Presents THE GREAT DIVORCE Featuring Joel Rainwater, Jonathan Hadley and More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 30, 2020

Fellowship for Performing Arts will bring the New York and national tour cast of THE GREAT DIVORCE online in a virtual presentation featuring Joel Rainwater (The Lion King), Jonathan Hadley (Jersey Boys), Carol Halstead (Gore Vidal's The Best Man) and Tom Souhrada (Mary Poppins, Kinky Boots).

Fellowship For Performing Arts Presents Free Virtual Production Of MARTIN LUTHER ON TRIAL
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 24, 2020

Fellowship for Performing Arts' nationwide hit play Martin Luther on Trial returns Aug. 2-4 in a free virtual dramatic reading featuring the original New York cast.

BWW Interview: Director Max McLean Bares His Soul on Spiritual Warfare in C.S. Lewis' THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS at BJCC CONCERT HALL
by David Edward Perry - Feb 2, 2020

Max McLean is president and artistic director of Fellowship for Performing Arts. They have a long history of producing theatre from a Christian worldview to engage a diverse audience. The weekend they bring Birmingham a captivating production of C.S.Lewis' Screwtape Letters. McLean shares insight with me into this ten year running production and his passion for blending faith and the arts.