The Screwtape Letters
A live dramatic monologue drawn from C.S. Lewis’s devilishly perceptive satire on temptation, distraction, and the modern spiritual life.
45–55 minView program
Books, Out Loud
Live, immersive performances of great Christian literature
A literary salon with moral imagination, wit, mystery, and grace.
From Chesterton and Lewis to Flannery O’Connor and Fulton Sheen, BooksOutLoud brings classic Christian writing off the page and into the room—performed with dramatic clarity, elegant restraint, and a distinctly old-world literary atmosphere. Every program is presented by Jeromy Darling, an award-winning actor, playwright, and solo performer.
About Jeromy
The performer behind BooksOutLoud
Award-winning actor, playwright, and solo performer Jeromy Darling created BooksOutLoud to bring great Christian literature into live rooms with elegance, clarity, and dramatic force.
BooksOutLoud began with a live performance of The Screwtape Letters and grew from a simple conviction: that classic Christian writing should not only be read, but heard.
Jeromy’s work as an actor and playwright informs every performance. Each program is shaped not as a lecture or recitation, but as an intimate literary event—carefully paced, vocally rich, and grounded in the music and texture of the original text.
The result is a singular offering for parishes, schools, retreats, libraries, salons, and audiences seeking something more memorable than a reading and more human than a recording. Read more about Jeromy →
Featured repertoire
Bookable performances
Each program is structured as an evening in a literary club: beautifully paced, voice-led, and memorable without feeling theatrical in the wrong way.
Father Brown: Mystery and Faith
Chesterton’s priest-detective brought to life as a literary mystery—with wit, suspense, and subtle moral force.
45–55 minView program
The Seven Last Words
A solemn and powerful performance built on Fulton Sheen’s meditations on Christ’s final words from the Cross.
40–55 minView program
Chesterton: Paradox and Wonder
Selections from Orthodoxy and a lyrical close from “A Piece of Chalk”—surprisingly alive when spoken aloud.
42–55 minView program
Flannery O’Connor: Grace and Judgment
A dark, brilliant evening built around one of O’Connor’s unforgettable stories. For adult audiences.
45–55 minView program
Conversion: Stories of Grace
Augustine’s great conversion scene—restlessness, confession, and the moment of “take and read.”
30–40 minView program
The atmosphere
Not a lecture. Not a reading. An evening of voice, presence, and literature.
BooksOutLoud is the work of Jeromy Darling—an actor, playwright, and performer devoted to bringing great Christian literature into the room with intimacy, intelligence, and live dramatic force.
The aim is not mere recitation, but a cultivated literary evening: one voice, one text, and a room drawn into the beauty, wit, mystery, and spiritual gravity of the tradition.
How an evening works
Designed for intimate, memorable events
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Writers in residence
Authors at the heart of the repertoire
Paradox, mystery, devotion, satire, confession, grace—the visual language is curated to feel collectible and literary, more Strand Magazine than modern brochure.
G. K. Chesterton
Paradox, mystery, wonder
Flannery O’Connor
Grace, judgment, irony
C. S. Lewis
Satire, clarity, theology
Fulton Sheen
Preaching, presence, devotion
Augustine
Confession, longing, conversion
Booking
Invite Jeromy Darling to bring a literary evening to your audience
For parishes, schools, salons, retreats, libraries, and organizations seeking something intelligent, beautiful, and deeply human.