The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to continue the 2026 season of its Sedona Professional Theatre Company with “Tuesdays with Morrie” live on stage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, running March 20-22.

“Tuesdays with Morrie” — written by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom and based on the book by Mitch Albom — stars Chris Mixon and Philip Orazio and is directed by Paul Mason Barnes.

"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.

CHRIS MIXON
Chris Mixon's theatre credits include the Utah Shakespeare Festival (14 seasons) and many shows with Salt Lake’s Pioneer Theatre Company, Milwaukee Rep., Cincinnati Playhouse, Philadelphia Theatre Co., George Street Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, GeVa Theatre Center, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (11 seasons), the Great River Shakespeare Festival (9 seasons), and many shows with the Orlando, Hudson Valley and Nebraska Shakespeare Festivals. Chris was a resident company member with The Pearl Theatre Company in NYC for 7 years, and he spent a year touring with Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying starring Ralph Macchio and Roger Bart. Film & TV credits: Law & Order, One Life to Live, All My Children and The Rosa Parks Story starring Angela Bassett.

PHILIP ORAZIO
Philip Orazio has been working professionally as an actor for the past ten years, and teaching acting for the past five. After graduating from the University of Houston with an Masters of Fine Arts in Acting, where he also taught undergraduate acting classes, Philip moved to LA to further pursue his acting career. Philip has also trained at The University of Portland with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Theatre, The Del Arte School the Physical Theatre, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He has acted across the country in regional theaters, theater festivals, commercials, films, and television shows. He’s been teaching at the Actor‘s Studio of Orange County for the past four years. His courses include Beginning Acting, Intermediate Acting, Teen Acting, Summer Camps, Film Intensives, and Film Technique.

“Tuesdays with Morrie” is generously sponsored by Sandi Schenholm. Season sponsors are Renee and Doug Leuthold and Chuck Marr.

“Tuesdays with Morrie” will take the stage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Friday, March 20 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday, March 21 and 22 at 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door.

For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.