Max McLean is an award-winning actor as well as founder and artistic director of New York City-based Fellowship for Performing Arts. He adapted for the stage The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, Genesis, and Mark’s Gospel, and C.S. Lewis Onstage: The Most Reluctant Convert. The latter was made into a 2021 biopic starring McLean as the older Lewis. McLean’s recent writing and producing credits include Martin Luther on Trial. As an actor, McLean created the roles of Screwtape; C.S. Lewis in The Most Reluctant Convert; Mark in Mark’s Gospel; and Storyteller in Genesis. McLean received the Jeff Award—Chicago theatre’s highest honor—for his performance of Mark’s Gospel. And his creative work has been cited with distinction by such media outlets as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, CNN, and the Wall Street Journal.
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