Tuesdays with Morrie

Evergreen Family Theatre is pleased to present the poignant and humorous adaptation of Tuesdays with Morrie, co-adapted by author Mitch Albom.  As a student at Brandeis University in the late 1970s, Albom was especially drawn to his sociology professor, Morris Schwartz.  On graduation he vowed to keep in touch with him, which he failed to do until 1994, when he saw a segment about Schwartz on the TV program Nightline, and learned that he had just been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. The story chronicles 14 Tuesdays spent getting reacquainted with his beloved sociology professor Morrie, who was succumbing to ALS, a neurological illness that steadily leaves “a man frozen inside his own flesh”.  Tony Ventrella plays the lovable, quirky professor who chooses to go graciously into the night and Huy Nguyen plays his student, Mitch Albom.  A benefit performance for The ALS Association Evergreen Chapter will be presented on June 19 at 7:30pm. Located at Redwood Family Church: 11500 Redmond-Woodinville Road, Redmond 98052. Tickets are available at brownpapertickets.com.