Mickele Hogan's MOURNING THE LIVING Will Tackle Alzheimers and Their Caregivers Off-Broadway

Lifewise Productions has announced that it will stage Mickele Hogan's MOURNING THE LIVING, a new drama directed by Alan Souza about caregivers of those afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, April 7th through April 22nd at the Dorothy Strelsin Theatre at 312 West 36th Street in Manhattan. The official opening is on Thursday, April 13th at 8PM.

MOURNING THE LIVING is a new play about caregivers: the complexities they face, the choices they navigate, and the struggle to uphold obligations without losing sight of the potential in their individual futures.

The production is Mickele Hogan's first full-length play. Last year, the play received its world premiere in the Thespis Theater Festival. The play was also featured in the Huffington Post, Fiscal Times and a podcast episode of Agewyz media. "Mourning the Living" was inspired by Hogan's own experience as a caregiver for a woman with dementia while working for Home Instead Senior Care as well as other caregivers' experiences.

The cast features Jennifer Rau, Craig D'Amico, Christopher Bolan, Mary Leggio and Caroline Aimetti.

The production features lighting design by Patrick Bakalli, stage management by Lexi Langs and costume design by Kelly Le Vine. The assistant stage manager is Peter Royston. Lighting Assistant is AnDrew Carr. Understudy is John Anthony Gorman.

Performances are on 4/7 at 8PM; 4/8 at 2PM and 8PM; 4/9 at 3PM; 4/11 at 7PM; 4/12 at 8PM; 4/13 at 8PM; 4/14 at 8PM; 4/15 at 2PM and 8PM; 4/16 at 3PM; 4/18 at 7PM; 4/19 at 8PM; 4/20 at 8PM; 4/21 at 8PM; 4/22 at 2PM and 8PM. Tickets are $27 and can be purchased online at m.ovationtix.com/pr/969851. The Dorothy Strelsin Theatre is located within the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, located at 312 West 36th St. between Eighth and Ninth Avenues.

Playwright Mickele Hogan began her career as an actor, but her passion for theater threw her into many other roles behind the scenes. Her first full-length play received its world premiere in the Thespis Theater Festival last year. She is a founding member of the Joust Theater Company and has served as an actor, writer, director and producer. Past written works include: Nevermind (Atlantic's Stage 2), Wasn't Me (Soho Rep/Walkerspace), I Said "Yes." (13th St. Theater.) As an actor, her favorite credits include: The Velveteen Rabbit (Atlantic Theater Company), The Love of the Nightingale (Insomnium Theater Company), and The Rules (The Joust Theater Company). She received her BFA from NYU: Tisch School of the Arts/Atlantic Acting School. Visit www.MickeleHogan.com for more.

Alan Souza is a freelance Stage Director, who makes his home in NYC. He recently directed the world premiere of the play Mourning the Living for the NY Theatre Festival, which will be revived off-Broadway in 2017. Other upcoming projects: the world premiere play Multiple Family Dwelling for the NJ Repertory Company, a modern-age telling of My Fair Lady for the Olney Theatre in DC, a workshop of the new musical Love and Real Estate for Amas Musical Theatre and a madcap re-imagining of Joseph....and his Rainbow Frock for Drury Lane Theatre/Chicago. Alan has directed plays and musicals for Drury Lane Theatre/Chicago, Laguna Playhouse, Arkansas Repertory, Walnut Street Theatre, The New Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Virginia Musical Theatre, Human Race Theatre Company, 3D Theatricals, Texas Shakespeare Festival, and the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport. He was nominated for the 2008 Carbonell Award and has received multiple Edgerton Foundation Grants for new works. Alan has also directed original benefit performances on Broadway, for the Actors Fund of America and the Christopher Reeve Foundation. He is a frequent Guest Artist at University Drama Programs throughout the Country and is a Director and Teaching Artist for the Broadway Dreams Foundation. Go to www.alansouza.net.