Ashland Contemporary Theatre’s production of the Off-Broadway play, “Freud’s Last Session” has been a stupendous success!  And now we are bringing it to Jacksonville.

Performances will be at the U.S. Hotel Ballroom on the second floor (there is a U.S. Bank branch on the ground floor).  Saturday, Oct. 18th at 8pm, and Sunday, Oct. 19th at 2pm.

Just $15 – The Jacksonivlle Inn Wine Shop is selling tickets locally, but they are also in ACT’s usual outlets: Paddington Station and Grocery Outlet and online: www.ashlandcontemporarytheatre.org.
The Reservation line is open: 541-646-2971.

Only a runaway word-of-mouth could have made this small scale production so popular, but the critics have also declared our “Freud” is a winner.  (See below.)  There’s no doubt, “Freud’s Last Session” is the high water mark of the last decade for ACT.  We hope you can join us.
The Story:

In London 1939: Dr. Sigmund Freud meets Christian author C.S. Lewis.  While Hitler invades Poland and England enters WWII, two great minds of the 20th Century clash about sex, mortality, religion, humor, music, the existence of God, suffering and the Problem of Evil.   In witty and humorous dialogue, “Freud’s Last Session” explores the hearts, minds and souls of two brilliant men addressing the greatest questions of all time.

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“Freud’s Last Session is smart, witty and charming.
 
“[Mark] St. Germain has written deceptively complex characters, and Charter and Epstein play them with passion and intelligence.
 
“Freud’s Last Session ran off-Broadway for two years beginning in 2010 , a feat that testifies to the extraordinary word of mouth the production enjoyed. Productions have since popped up all over the country, including the nifty Ashland Contemporary Theatre production that opened Friday at the Ashland Community Center, lucidly directed by Jeannine Grizzard.

“This is a play that deserves to be seen.”

Bill Varble, Medford Mail Tribune

“Freud’s Last Session is amusing theater . . . it is tasty enough to make the viewer curious to tackle the men’s actual writings . . .”
 
[Eric Epstein] is charming as Lewis . . . deftly conveying Lewis’ affability and grace . . .”
 
Grizzard . . . has done a convincing job of staging the play in the limited facilities of Ashland Community Center.  

Roberta Kent, Ashland Daily Tidings