Cleveland Playhouse to Offer Premiere of Wilder Adaptation

The Cleveland Playhouse will offer the  premiere stage adaptation of Thornton Wilder's 1934 novel Heaven's My Destination as the final production of its 2008-2009 season.

Commissioned by the Cleveland venue, Lee Blessing (Two Rooms, A Walk in the Woods) has adapted the tale of the Don Quixote-esque traveling textbook salesman George Marvin Brus.h Artistic director Michael Bloom will helm the production.

Running, April 24-May 17, 2009, Heaven's My Destination follows Brush, who is "a fervent religious convert determined to lead 'a good life.' A startlingly relevant tale of religion and tolerance with poignant and sometimes hilarious consequences, George's travels take him through smoking cars, bawdy houses, banks and campgrounds from Texas to Illinois—and into the soul of America."

Single ticket sales begin Aug. 4. Subscriptions are currently available by visiting clevelandplayhouse.com.

Founded in 1915, the Cleveland Playhouse has presented the world premieres of Randal Myler's It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues, Michele Lowe's The Smell of the Kill, Eric Coble's Bright Ideas and Seth Greenland's Jerusalem.