On May 30 Blackbird Theater of Nashville, Tenn., will conclude its 2013-14 season with the world premiere of Roger’s Version, a play adapted from the Updike novel of the same name.

“Having received special permission from the Updike estate, Blackbird Artistic Director Wes Driver has written and will direct this original adaptation. . . ,” ArtsNash reports.

“There are plenty of stories that entertain you. Fewer that genuinely move you,” the director writes. “And then there are those very rare ones that, for some reason or other, cut you to the core—or seemingly raid your psyche—expressing your most deeply felt passions and perspectives. The characters are so vivid, you feel like you know them. Intimately. Because, truth be told, they seem to be reflections and extensions of yourself. That’s what Roger’s Version is to me.”

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