WESTPORT–Westport Country Playhouse will kick off its 2025-26 Season with Len Cariou and Christopher J. Domig in “Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie,” based on the widely read memoir, from Sept. 4 – 6.
For four performances, the stars and director Erwin Maas will present the production that won “Best Revival” at the 2024 Off-Broadway Alliance Awards when it ran at the Sea Dog Theater in Manhattan.
First of six
Written by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom, the play is based on Albom’s best-selling 1997 memoir read by more than 18 million readers worldwide. “Tuesdays with Morrie” is the first of six productions during the Playhouse season which extends through Summer 2026.
“This deeply moving play at long last brings Broadway legend Len Cariou to the Playhouse stage, alongside his wonderful co-star Chris Domig” said Mark Shanahan, Westport Country Playhouse artistic director. “Together, the two earned widespread acclaim in Sea Dog Theater’s celebrated Off-Broadway production, praised for both the beautiful simplicity of Erwin Maas’s direction and the undeniable chemistry of its actors. Reunited at the Playhouse, we’re excited for the creative team to share with our audience this moving story, filled with warmth, humor, and heartfelt lessons about living life to the fullest.”
Based on journalist Mitch Albom’s real-life relationship with his former college professor Morrie Schwartz, “Tuesdays with Morrie” invites the audience into their weekly Tuesday visits – conversations filled with humor, wisdom, and soul-searching truths about what really matters in life.
Len Cariou
Cariou, as Morrie Schwartz, boasts an acting career that has spanned more than 60 years. He gained prominence for his Tony Award-winning title role in the original cast of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (1979). Cariou has held supporting roles in films such as “The Four Seasons” (1981), “About Schmidt” (2002) and “Spotlight” (2015). On television, he portrayed Henry Reagan, a retired police commissioner and patriarch of his family on “Blue Bloods” from 2010 to 2024. He also was nominated for an Emmy for “Into the Storm” (2009).
Christopher J. Domig
Australian-American actor and writer Christopher J. Domig (Albom) won the Outstanding Actor award at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2007 and was nominated three times for Outstanding Actor by the New York Innovative Theater Awards. He also co-founded the Sea Dog Theater and serves as its artistic director.
After the production, the Playhouse’s season will continue with
- “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Oscar Wilde’s most famous comedy, October 28 – November 15;
- “A Sherlock Carol,” a Playhouse holiday tradition, returning for its third consecutive year, December 13 – 21;
- “Big Band Broadway,” part of the Broadway Scores at the Playhouse series, featuring Tony Award winner Debbie Gravitte, January 29 – February 1;
- “Primary Trust,” Eboni Booth’s 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning breakout play, April 14 – May 2; and
- “Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,” newly adapted for the stage by Mark Shanahan in association with Agatha Christie Ltd., July 14 – August 1.
A complete schedule of Playhouse events is available here.
Westport Country Playhouse
25 Powers Court
Westport
(203) 227-4177
westportplayhouse.org.
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