Ed Dixon, Scott Jaeck Head Inherit the Wind at Cleveland Play House

Broadway veterans Ed Dixon and Scott Jaeck will play Matthew Harrison Brady and Henry Drummond, respectively, in the Cleveland Play House staging of Inherit the Wind, written by Jerome Lawrence & Robert Edwin Lee. Seth Gordon will direct the production, which will run October 23-November 15, with an opening on October 28.

The play was inspired by the 1925 “Scopes Monkey Trial,” in which Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution in violation of state law.

The cast will also include AJ Cedeno, Lauren Cole, Michael Flood, Mark Alan Gordon, Zac Hoogendyk, Lindsay Iuen, Anne McEvoy, Cameron McKendry, Mark Monday, Sarah Nedwek, Tom Picasso, Scott Plate, Dudley Swetland, Rohn Thomas, Tom White, and Leigh Williams.

The design team will include Michael Raiford (scenic design), Charlene Gross (costume design), Trad Burns (lighting design) and James C. Swonger (sound design).

For more information, visit www.clevelandplayhouse.com.