An old man, a young man and life's greatest lessons.
Tuesdays with Morrie is the humorous and poignant story of career-obsessed journalist Mitch Albom, who sixteen years after graduation serendipitously learns that his former sociology professor Morrie is battling Lou Gehrig's Disease. What starts as a simple visit, turns into a weekly pilgrimage and the last class in the meaning of life.
Tickets are available now for the NYC Revival of Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie, by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom, starring Tony Award-winner Len Cariou and Sea Dog Theater artistic director Chris Domig.
Special fundraiser event
May 1 - Harmonie Club
MEET THE CAST
LEN CARIOU is an internationally recognized, Tony Award-winning, Emmy-nominated actor whose career spans over six decades on Broadway and regional stages, in film, and television. A member of the Theatre Hall of Fame, he is celebrated in particular for originating the role of Frederick Egerman in Sondheim's A Little Night Music, and for his legendary performance as the title character in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. He remains highly regarded for classical repertoires performed at the Stratford Festival and Guthrie theatres including King Lear, which he assayed twice. His one-man show Broadway and the Bard embraces both the dramatic and musical elements of his sojourn in his beloved profession. Len is also known for playing the patriarch of the family in Blue Bloods, one of CBS's highest rated primetime programs. Len is a member of the Order of Manitoba and an Officer of the Order of Canada. He is a dear friend of Sea Dog Theater and originally played Morrie in our reading of Tuesdays with Morrie in 2022.
Len Cariou
Morrie
Chris Domig was born and raised in Salzburg, Austria. He is co-founder of the award-winning Sea Dog Theater in NYC and serves as artistic director. He is currently developing a play about Viktor Frankl’s life and his book “Man’s Search for Meaning”. He has been nominated three times for the New York Innovative Theater Awards Outstanding Actor category and won the Outstanding Actor Award at the New York International Fringe Festival. TV and film credits include: “Fleishman Is In Trouble”, the film “Ava” opposite Oscar-winner Jessica Chastain, “Blue Bloods”, “Blacklist” and “ Law & Order”. He lives in New York City with his wife and two children.
CHRIS DOMIG
Mitch
Take a look at our Artist Portrait Series featuring Len Cariou
speaking about his life, the power of theater, and “Tuesdays with Morrie”!
Photos by Jeremy Varner/Varner Creative
Message from the Artistic Director
Sea Dog Theater seeks to tell stories of alienation and reconciliation. We create theater about and for people on the margin of society, exploring the realms of personal, interpersonal, communal, societal, and existential alienation, and investigating the conditions necessary for reconciliation to occur. As we navigated the years of the pandemic, it quickly became clear how disproportionately it affected the elderly among us. During this time I picked up “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitchell Albom. By the end of it, I was in tears. I was surprised by how timeless the story was and how relevant it remained. Our company decided to do a reading of the play once Covid restrictions lifted. I also knew who I was going to ask to play Morrie: Len Cariou. Len has been a dear friend of our company since its founding in 2017. He has worked with us on numerous readings. He immediately said yes to playing Morrie. We did a reading of the play in 2021 and since then have worked towards this production. Everything we do at Sea Dog Theater is relationally anchored. Len’s friendship and mentorship towards our company and myself mirrors the love that Morrie has for Mitch. This has been a beautiful journey and we look forward to sharing it with a wider audience.
-- Chris Domig (Artistic Director of Sea Dog Theater)
What we do & why your support is essential
We founded SEA DOG THEATER because we believe that telling and receiving stories in the form of live theater cultivates compassion, nuance and curiosity in ourselves, our artists, and our audience. We believe that these traits are foundational to our individual and societal health. From the first rehearsal to the final performance, theater is a communal experience that becomes more fulfilling with each new participant and point of view. In an increasingly alienating and self-centered culture, we believe that gathering as a group of strangers in a public space in order to dialogue about society’s most pressing questions is in itself a revolutionary and reconciliatory act. We have experienced and witnessed this time and time again.