The critically-acclaimed play, Tuesdays with Morrie, runs through Sunday, Nov. 8 and stars multiple Golden Globe and Emmy-nominee Hal Linden, also known for his role on television’s Barney Miller. The show closes this weekend.
A 25% discount is available to COD faculty, staff and students. Tickets cost $30 to $60 and can be purchased by calling the Indian Wells Theater Box Office at (760 341-2883, ext. 78154.
Final performances will take place Friday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m.
The play is directed by David Catanzarite, a member of the theater arts faculty at College of the Desert. He has directed more than 70 professional and college productions on both coasts and worked as a resident artist in (the new) South Africa and (the former) Czech Socialist Republic. In 1998, he was Artistic Director of the West Coast Bertolt Brecht Centennial Festival. He is presently a board member and resident director at the Watts Village Theater Company in Los Angeles.
Catanzarite has served full-time on the theatre faculties of Pomona College (Claremont, CA) and Towson University (Baltimore, MD). He has been an adjunct faculty member at Stanford University, UCLA, the University of Southern California, the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, CSU San Bernardino, CSU Northridge, and four California community colleges.
Linden stars in this tender, uplifting comedy about a life-altering friendship, based on the best-selling novel and run-away hit by Mitch Albom. Nearly 20 years have passed since Mitch last saw his favorite college professor, Morrie Schwartz, when he catches Morrie on a television interview talking about having Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Mitch decides to visit Morrie and realizes that he is taking one final lesson ...in how to live.
The Indian Wells Theater is located on the Palm Desert Campus of Cal State San Bernardino. 37-500 Cook Street, between Gerald Ford and Frank Sinatra Drives.
