Barry Mulholland and Bruce Cromer in Freud's Last Session. - Photo: Ryan Kurtz
Ever eavesdropped on a conversation between two super-smart guys? Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati offers that opportunity with Freud’s Last Session.
Set in 1939 on the eve of World War II, young theologian C. S. Lewis
accepts an invitation to visit with esteemed psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund
Freud. Lewis is a devout Christian (he later authored The Chronicles of Narnia).
Freud is an atheist, dying of cancer — and it’s just days before his
suicide.
Bruce Cromer plays Lewis; Barry Mulholland is Freud — both are
top-notch performers. Director Michael Evan Haney says of Freud and
Lewis, “two giants of the 20th century … with diametrically opposing
ideas have a civil, respectful and loving argument.” The winner of
several best-play awards in New York City, Freud’s Last Session
has generated so much ticket demand that ETC extended its run for a second time through
Feb. 16. $38-$42. Tuesday-Sunday. Ensemble
Theatre, 1127 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine. 513-421-3555,
ensemblecincinnati.org.
