Christmas with C.S. Lewis

Christmas with C.S. Lewis comes to the Lincoln Theatre on Wednesday, December 16, 2026, at 7:30 PM. It's a musical that follows C.S. Lewis's journey from atheism to Christianity, and the whole thing is presented by CAPA, the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts.

The story centers on a specific turning point: Lewis's friendship with fellow author J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien is the one who convinced Lewis that the Jesus myth was the one true myth, and the show builds around that shift. From there, the action moves to Lewis's home near Oxford on Christmas Eve, where he hosts a group of Americans spending Christmas in England. It's there that he shares Yuletide recollections that stir curiosity, laughter, gladness, and even tears.

If you're familiar with Lewis's work, you know he spent a lot of his life thinking through faith and doubt, and this musical puts that process on stage. It doesn't just stick to the theology, though—it frames it around a Christmas gathering, with the stories he tells his guests serving as the heart of the evening. The show traces that arc from his early atheism to the faith he eventually embraced, and the Oxford setting keeps it grounded in the world he lived in.

It's a one-night engagement at the Lincoln Theatre, 769 East Long Street, Columbus, Ohio 43203. The curtain goes up at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, December 16.