Tuesdays with Morrie presented by the Off Broadway Players

The 3:00 pm showing on March 29th will include a talk back with a grief counselor following the performance.

In October, 2010, the Off Broadway Players was born as The Schultz Theatre in the former Rouss Opera House, located in New Market, Va. Named for its founder's grandfather, the theatre had immediate success, and in 2012 was named by the readers of Virginia Living Magazine as one of the outstanding performing arts troupes in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Six years later, the theatre company began holding its productions in the more modern facility of the J. Frank Hillyard Middle School Auditorium in Broadway, Va. In recognition of the support of the town and community, in 2020 the theatre board adopted the name The Off Broadway Players. A non-profit corporation, the theatre company is operated by volunteers, including the Board of Directors, staff, performers and production personnel. By offering theatre, dance, entertainment, and quality instruction in the performing arts, we hope to enrich the lives of the community we serve while building for the future. 

Based on the autobiographical book by Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie explores the lessons of love, duty, relationships, and the meaning of life and death. Mitch, a former student of Professor Morrie Schwartz, was leading a successful career as a sports journalist when he learned that Morrie had contracted ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease. Mitch visits Morrie, intent on spending just a little time with his favorite teacher. Instead, the close relationship they had during Mitch's college years is rekindled. Mitch then spends every Tuesday with Morrie in what Mitch describes as his last class with his professor, a class that reminds Mitch of the most important things in life.