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Wit
Margaret Edson
Opening Date:
January 4, 2002
Closing Date:
January 26, 2002
Brilliant, uncompromising, and unexpectedly funny, Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama follows an English professor confronting ovarian cancer, vulnerability, and the human need for compassion.
Cast & Crew
CAST
Angie Duke — Vivian Bearing, Ph.D.
Nick Backes — Harvey Kelekian, M.D.; Mr. Bearing
Wyatt Hamilton — Jason Posner
Sheryl Martin — Susie Monahan, R.N.
Elnora Cullinan — E. M. Ashford
Jennifer Coon; Marissa Pace; Adrian Thompson — Lab Technicians; Students; Residents
CREW
Linda Parrish — Director
Steven Gillmore — Technical Director; Set Painting
Dustin Mars — Lighting Design
Bob Bates — Stage Manager; Sound Operator
Susan Small — Costumes
Phil Carlton — Light Operator; Poster Design
Risa Wilkinson; Shane Schnetzler — Spotlights
Laura Sullivan — Set Painting
Production Notes
Fifth production of Season 18. Original CST cast list explicitly credits Angie Duke as Vivian Bearing, correcting erroneous supplemental research that names Franci Hart. The 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner follows a John Donne scholar through experimental chemotherapy and examines intellect, mortality, and compassion. CST’s promotional text recounts Margaret Edson’s experiences working in a Washington, D.C., teaching hospital and the play’s development before its New York success. Original page references a Madison Repertory Theatre audience guide dated August 21, 2000, but no verified downloadable URL survives. The Oklahoman review, January 9, 2002: “Wit Pokes Humor at Death,” https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2002/01/09/wit-pokes-humor-at-death-rich-script-superior-cast-subdue-lesson-on-dying/62111168007/ . Supplemental research mentions a January 20 matinee. Special thanks: Conrad Ballaré of EMSA; Dr. Ralph Shadid; Marjie Shadid; Denise Burton; Jan Osban; Doug Getzoff; Dottie DeLeon; UCO Theatre Department; Terry Veal; Jon Womastek; Ron Martin; Mary Freeh; OCU Kramer School of Nursing; Dennis Gimmel of OU Health Sciences Center; Tim Baker of OCU; Anna Patton of The Egyptian; Lisa of Life Uniforms; Life Uniform & Shoe Shop; OK Rehab. Licensed through Dramatists Play Service.
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