Theater
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SUNRISE STORY “Desert Sunrise,” a play written by Israeli army veteran Misha Shulman, confronts the conflict in the Middle East through the struggles of a Palestinian Arab man and an Israeli soldier. Thursday through Sunday, April 23, Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 3 p.m., Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave., between 9th and 10th streets, 212-254-1109, $15.
DEMON STORY An off-Broadway adaptation of “The Screwtape Letters” puts C.S. Lewis’s demon Screwtape and his protege onstage. The story follows Screwtape as he advises his young charge how to undermine faith and “prevent the formation of virtues” in the lives of Christian converts.Jeffrey Fiske directs the Fellowship for the Performing Arts production. Through Monday, April 10, Fridays, 8:15 p.m., Saturdays, 4 and 8:15 p.m., Sundays, 7 p.m., Theatre 315, 315 W. 47th St., between Eighth and Ninth avenues, 212-868-4444, $30.
