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Randal Myler, that Harelik got the
idea to turn family anecdotes into a
play, and he used his California pro-
duction contacts to bring it to the
stage. He wrote a sequel, The Legacy,
and plays about other subjects,
including Lost Highway — The
Music and Legend of Hank Williams.
"When I was living at home, we
had a reasonably active Jewish family
life for country Jews," Harelik says.
"When I went away to college, all
that stopped. I expect my connec-
tion to that was my family and not
the technical aspects of practicing
Judaism, although much of my writ-
ing is about Jewish life.
"My personal spiritual needs have
been fulfilled with the practice of
yoga and have been for many years.
It's something that I found not long
after I was out of college. I don't find
myself to be spiritually needy, but I
have nostalgia for things Jewish and
Jewish family celebrations. Every
year, there is a seder I attend. It's less
spiritually oriented than it is nostalgi-
cally oriented because it takes me
back to my childhood."
Several years ago, Harelik appeared
at the Fisher Theatre in The Heidi
Chronicles. When he came into town,
he was invited to meet with people
who had been tracing their genealogy
and shared his last name.
Morris Harelik, through business
contacts, had connected earlier with
the playwright's uncle.
"Our families had immigrated
from the same part of Russia, but we
don't know if we're blood relations,"
explains Morris Harelik of West
Bloomfield, who has learned that
both families could look back on
some of the same given names and
wonders if that indicates relation-
ships.
The family members that Mark
Harelik knows well have had upbeat
reactions to The Immigrant.
"The play is a pretty flattering
portrait of our progenitors and of life
in Texas, so the family reaction has
been extremely favorable," says
Harelik, who is preparing to portray
the father of the leading character's
fiance in TV's Boy Meets World.
"The sequel to The Immigrant has
been produced on the West Coast.
The portraits are not as flattering,
and the events don't come to such a
happy conclusion. The family
response has been a little different to
that one."
Harelik's next play will be about
child abuse, and he's doing extensive
research on the subject.
"I'm an amateur scholar," he says.
"I pick a subject and delve into it as
deeply as I can."
The Immigrant will be per-
formed at the Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield Previews run 7:30
p.m. Wednesday and Thursday,
Oct. 6-7, and 2 p.m. Sunday
Oct. 10. Opening night is at 8
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10. Regular
performances continue 7:30
p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Sundays; 8 p.m. Saturdays
and 2 p.m. Sundays through
Nov. 7. There will be a
Wednesday matinee on Oct.
27. $15 for Previews/$21
Wednesday, Thursday and
Sunday evenings/$25 Saturday
evenings/$18 Wednesday and
Sunday matinees. (248) 788-
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