Daniel Fish has adapted Franzen’s essay (from the collection The Discomfort Zone) for the stage and will direct.

House for Sale follows Franzen as he travels to his childhood home in Missouri to sell the family house following his mother’s death. Beset by memory and feeling a keen burden to sell the property for a price his exacting mother would accept, Franzen purges the home of personal artifacts, unearths hidden mini-treasures, and selects the realtor who will sell this reliquary of family memories.

Exploring ideas of change, loss, and the value of the ‘quintessential American Dream,’ House for Sale is a daring exploration of the merging of art forms as well as an examination of the very essence of the human condition.