Friday Evening (June 12th)
5:30 pm: Registration and Reception – C. S. Lewis Study Center. (Dinner on your own prior to reception.)
6:00 pm: Welcome and Introduction
6:15 pm: “Thornton Wilder and New England Puritanism,” Lincoln Konkle, PhD; Co-editor of the Thornton Wilder Journal, and Board Member of the Thornton Wilder Society. Q&A
7:15 pm: Break
7:30 pm: Presentation: The Long Christmas Dinner – a one-act play by Thornton Wilder
8:15 pm: “The Long Christmas Dinner as Wilder’s Exploration of Time, Death, and New Birth,” Owen Brown, MA, Artistic Director and CEO of Bread & Wine Theatre Company. Q&A
9:15 pm: Closing Announcements and Reflections
Saturday (June 13th)
9:00 am: Morning refreshments – C. S. Lewis Study Center
9:30 am: Welcome
9:45 am: “Thornton Wilder and C. S. Lewis: Longing and Waiting and the Existential Dilemma,” Scott B. Key, PhD, Vice-President for Academic Initiatives, C. S. Lewis Study Center. Q&A
10:45 am: Break
11:00 am: “Martyrdom and Eternal Hope in Wilder’s Pullman Car Hiawatha,” Owen Brown, MA. Q&A
12:30 pm: Lunch
1:45 pm: Presentation/Reading: Pullman Car Hiawatha – a one-act play by Thornton Wilder
2:45 pm: Break
3:00 pm: Discussion Panel: Lincoln Konkle, Scott B. Key, and Owen Brown
4:00 pm: Farewells and (optional) Study Center Tour