Since its

completion 10 years ago, "The Day It Rained Forever" has been

previously performed only at Pepperdine University (with a student cast)

and at a festival in Scotland. It was then filed away, and has since been

performed only in a couple of studio readings in New York.

William Whitefield,

who will direct the Clayton State performances, and a senior at Pepperdine

University in 1992, originally approached Bradbury with a request - could

Whitefield write a musical based on Bradbury's short story "The Day

It Rained Forever?"

Impressed by

the young man, Bradbury granted Whitefield permission - and then went

one better. Bradbury aided in the adaptation.

Now 82, the

award-winning Bradbury says, "Live a life in which you cram yourself

with all kinds of metaphors, all kinds of activities, and all kinds of

love. And take time to laugh -- find something that makes you truly happy

-- every day of your life. That is what I have done, from my earliest

days..."

For directions

to Clayton State, photos of the cast, and further contact information

pertaining to "The Day It Rained Forever" visit www.claytonstatetheater.org

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