This West End and Broadway hit is the love story of C.S. Lewis - Oxford don and author of The Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape Letters - and American poet Joy Davidman.

Jack Lewis is smug in his convictions about God and His plan for the world until Joy and her young son enter his life and the bewildered theoretician of love in the abstract finally confronts its direct presence. 

Winner- 1990 London Evening Standard Award, Best New Play

"Engrossing, entertaining ... literate, well crafted and discreetly brilliant."- N.Y. Post

"Poignant, powerful, intelligent theatre, witty and extraordinarily written." - WABC-TV

It’s 1929. Two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent a device called “television.” Separated by two thousand miles, each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment, the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest innovation of the 20th century: the ruthless media mogul or the self-taught Idaho farm boy?

“The most exciting new play on Broadway... a rousing theatrical experience.” – MTV News

"a firecracker of a play in a fittingly snap, crackle and pop production … the drama has among its many virtues the ability to make you think at the same time that it breaks your heart." – Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times

"vintage Sorkin and crackling prime-time theater . . . breezy and shrewd, smart-alecky and idealistic.” – Linda Winer, Newsday

We are thrilled to announce our 2025 Season!

Find more info about the shows on our "2025 Mainstage Season" page.

Season subscription tickets are available now!

For tickets or information about upcoming auditions and classes, 

call (334) 262-1530 OR email info@cloverdaleplayhouse.org.