Read Or Die and Repertory Philippines Read Tuesdays With Morrie

Premiere theater group Repertory Philippines will be staging a theatrical adaptation of Mitch Albom’s best-selling novel “Tuesdays With Morrie” from January 1 to January 27 2008 at OnStage, Greenbelt 1, Ayala Center, Makati City. Starring Jose Mari Avellana and Rem Zamora, “Tuesdays With Morrie” is a heart-warming play that perfectly combines comedy, drama and poignancy. In a challenging commitment of time and expense, busy sportswriter Mitch Albom makes weekly treks from Detroit to Boston so he could spend Tuesday mornings with his former professor Morrie Schwartz, who is dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease. It unfolds the story of how these visits changed Mitch’s outlook on life. The play is directed by Baby Barredo.

Cast actors Jose Mari Avellana and Rem Zamora will be reading excerpts from “Tuesdays With Morrie” in a special appearance in Powerbooks Greenbelt on December 15, 2007 (Saturday). The event will kick off with a discussion of the novel which will conducted by Read Or Die at 4:30 PM followed by the theatrical reading. There will be an open forum with the audience afterwards. Free tickets to the premiere will also be raffled off to bookstore attendees.

The event is sponsored by Powerbooks and is part of Read Or Die’s Books On Stage program which aims to promote literature appreciation through the medium of theater. For more information please visit http://read-or-die.org/booksonstage/ or email us at readordie.ph@gmail.com. Thank you.