Wit
by Margaret Edson
November 5, 6, 10 and 11, 2011 7:30 pm
(Studio Rep)
November 6 is a 2 pm matinee
Pulitzer Prize winning Wit examines what makes life worth living through a renowned English professor's struggle with ovarian cancer. During the course of her hospital treatment, she comes to reassess her life and her work with a profundity and humor that are transformative for her and the people she meets along the way. What we take away from this remarkable drama is a keener sense that, while death is real and unavoidable, our lives are ours to cherish or throw away—a lesson that can be both uplifting and redemptive.
Special Events: November 11 (free and open to the public)
The Map of Speech: Orality, Literacy and Writing for Performance
Presented by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Margaret Edson\
Q & A following the 7:30 pm performance in the Studio Theatre
Director: BRIAN FRUITS
Scenic Designer: JACLYN AFFATATO
Lighting Designer: BEN FICHTHORN
Technical Director: ZACH LORD
Costume Designer: JANICE BENNING LACEK
Sound Designer: MATT CANTELON
Stage Manager: KAITLYN BRUKER
CAST
Vivian Bearing, PH.D............................................KATIE ZISSON
Harvey Kelekian, MD & Mr. Bearing..................BLAKE DORRIS
E.M. Ashford & D. PHIL.....................................GLORIA BAXTER
Jason Posner, M.D.........................ZACHARY FAYEZ EL-OQLAH
Susie Monahan, R.N, B.S.N......................................JESSICA OTIS
Ensemble....................................................MELANIE BRUKNER
JAMES KEVIN COCHRAN
JOHN TYLER HAMPTON