TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie’s appearance on a television news program and learns that his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life.

“Unforgettable! No matter how well you tell the story, the play makes it more vivid, more shattering, more humorous.” —NY Magazine. 

“Making the language of the book crisper, cleverer and more palatable…aphoristic wisdom, expressed with gallows wit.” —NY Times. 

“A touching, life-affirming, deeply emotional drama with a generous dose of humor.” —NY Daily News. 

“I was unprepared for how moving and powerful TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE turned out to be…On this ground, the flowers of humanity grow.” —NY Post. 

“You’ll Laugh! You’ll Cry!” —Variety. 

“The evening has an aura of celebration. Just what the doctor ordered, you are likely to be moved.” —Journal News. 

“Rewarding. Go see it any day of the week.” —WOR-AM.

Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga is a 501c3 non-profit organization which serves to culturally enrich the Chattanooga landscape through compensated opportunities for artists and unique experiences for audiences.  Since 2007, ETC has presented more than 100 productions, toured locally and nationally, and partnered with several area non-profits in the creation of programming that benefits our great city.  Our goal is simple to create a living wage regional theatre that introduces the complexities and vastness of our craft through meaningful experiences that are reflective and personal for both the artist and audience.  

We are the Ensemble Theatre that CREATES, CONNECTS, COLLABORATES and CARES

GARRY'S GARBLES:

   For 2022, ETC is adapting the idea that one has to come to terms with their past in order to take a step into their future.   The Covid Shutdown taught us to really embrace our past, our mistakes, our successes, our fortunes and our losses and learn from them.  As we embarked on choosing a lineup of shows for this season, we kept that overarching idea in mind.  TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE is not a story about a man with a terminal illness, but a story about a man who needs to remember who he was so that he can appreciate what it was that made him special.  So many times we get focused on their end result, the goal and how we measure success, that we forget simple gestures and genuine interest might impact another person's life.

     Take a moment and think back 20 years ago, was there someone you had a connection with then that you don't have now?  What insight could that person give to you about who you were, that might improve who you are now?  Watch this story, take it personally, leave enlightened.  That's the power of live theatre.

-garry