Wit at Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Dates: (8/10/2018 - 8/25/2018 )

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Austin Scottish Rite Theater

207 West 18 Street Austin, TX 78701
Austin, 78701

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Phone: 512-472-5436

Tickets: General $25; Senior/Disabled $20/Student $15

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WIT
by Margaret Edson
Directed by Susan Gayle Todd

August 10-25, 2018

Austin Scottish Rite Theater teams up with The Final Acts Project to present Margaret Edson’s dark comedy, Wit. Taking the role of both narrator and player in her own tragedy, the character Vivian Bearing shifts from real time to the past through her journey from stage 4 ovarian cancer diagnosis and high-dosage experimental chemotherapy. Along the way, she undergoes self-conviction, humility and grace.

Playwright Margaret Edson received the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Wit, her first play. Wit also received Best New Play award in 1999 from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle.

Kristin Fern Johnson, in the leading role, joins a stellar cast: Delanté Keys, Megan Ortiz, Craig Hurwitz, Chris Humphrey, Olivia Jiménez, Stan Kern, and Kathryn Blackbird, with live guitar accompaniment by Darrel Mayers. Design by Leilah Stewart (scenic), Desiree Humphries (costume),and Deanna Belardinelli (lighting).

Each show will be followed by a discussion with guest speakers from the health professions.

Funded in part by the St. David’s Foundation

August 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 at 7:30 pm

REVIEWS:

http://arts.blog.austin360.com/2018/08/14/play-about-professor-with-cancer-is-a-moving-look-at-death-and-how-we-live/

https://www.broadwayworld.com/austin/article/BWW-Review-WT-Receives-First-Rate-Production-at-Austin-Scottish-Rite-Theater-20180814

Authors

Margaret Edson

Ages: 18 and older

Vivian Bearing is the research subject for experimental chemotherapy.

Cast and Creative team for Wit at Austin Scottish Rite Theater

Kristin Johnson as Vivian Bearing, Ph.D.
Craig Hurwitz as Dr. Kelekian, M.D.
Delanté Keys as Jason Posner, M.D.
Megan Ortiz as Susie Monahan, R.N., B.S.N.
Chris Humphrey as E. M. Ashford, D.Phil.
Kathryn Blackbird, Kirsten Kern, Olivia Jimenez, Kayleigh Axtell as technicians and students

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