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ALS and started a company 
to find a cure. There’s been 
a slow progression. I won’t 
be happy until they have 
something that says this gets 
rid of it. 

JN: What were the most 
important lessons you 
learned from Morrie?
MA: There were two. One 
has to do with dying and 
one has to do with living. 
The one that has to do with 
dying says that death ends 
a life but not a relationship. 
What it means is that if 
you put the time in, people 
live inside your heart after 
they’re gone. It’s like they’re 
still there but far away and 
you can’t call them. With 
regard to living, I would say 
that giving is living. Morrie 
said, “Taking just makes me 
feel like I’m dying; giving 
makes me feel like I’m liv-
ing.” In my life, when I’m 
giving [to the orphanage in 
Haiti or charities in Detroit], 
I always feel more alive than 
when I’m doing something 
just for myself. 

JN: What do you want 
audiences to think about 

after they’ve seen the play?
MA: I’d love the audienc-
es in Michigan to do what 
audiences around the world 
have done. They watch these 
two people have this incred-
ible interaction and slowly 
start to see themselves in the 
characters. Morrie reminds 
them of a favorite grandfa-
ther or a beloved teacher or 
a relative from the old coun-
try. My character reminds 
them of themselves or what 
they were when they were 
younger and more ambi-
tious. They end up laughing 
along with the characters 
and learning along with the 
characters. When they come 
out, maybe they’re crying a 
little bit or laughing along 
with the funny lines, but 
they’re moved and take with 
them some of the lessons 
Morrie gave me that I still 
take with me. 
The last line of the book is 
“The teaching goes on,” and 
I believe that the play does, 
too. It allows this professor 
to continue his lessons of 
loving and caring and being 
good to one another, and 
I couldn’t ask for anything 
more than that. 

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