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This
astonishing first play by Margaret Edson won its author
a Pulitzer Prize in 1999.
It starred Kathleen Chalfant on Broadway and
Emma Thompson in last springs HBO made-for-TV
movie directed by
Mike Nichols.
PCS is proud to be among the first to bring it
to the non-professional stage.
March
14-30, 2002
Directed by George
Mulford
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Vivian
Bearing is a world-class scholar, a specialist in the
poems of John Donne, a forceful, witty, captivating
woman. As
the play begins, she introduces herself and tells her
story.
Vivian: Ill
never forget the time I found out I had cancer.
Doctor:
You have cancer.
Vivian, to audience:
See?
Unforgettable. It was something of a shock.
I had to sit down.
Doctor:
Please sit down.
We
see Vivian struggle to maintain her considerable personal
dignity as the often mindless routine of hospital visits
settles in around her.
She explains her intellectual development as
we watch her physical deterioration. By the end we know we are watching an extraordinary human being
come to grips with lifes ultimate questions.
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Tayna Lazar as
Vivian Bearing, Ph.D.
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The
New York Times reviewer felt both enlightened
and in a strange way, enormously comforted by
the play. New York Magazine called it a dazzling and humane new
play that you will remember till your dying day.
Anyone who has been in a hospital will also find
it very, very funny, as the punch of Vivians wit
finds its mark on all the right noses.
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Audience
Advisory:
This is a play for
adults; it treats adult themes in an honest, though
not offensive, manner.
Discussion
following a performance of WIT
Representatives
of the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation will
join us on Friday night, March 22, for a post-show discussion.
The audience is cordially invited to attend and
participate. During all performances, their materials
are available in the lobby.
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The
cast:
Vivian Bearing, Ph.D....................................Tanya
Lazar
Susie Monahan, R.N., B.S.N..........................Lindsay
Erb
Jason Posner, M.D.....................................Toby
Mulford
Harvey Kelekian, M.D................................Charles
Hicks
E.M. Ashford, D. Phil......................................Anne
Bailis
Lab Technicians, Students, Residents:
Jim
Carroll, Jim Ludovici, Christine Riggio, Jillian
Cassidy
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Production
staff:
Director....................................................George
Mulford
Assistant Director.........................................Teddie
Psitos
Second Assistant Director...........................Barbara
Hicks
Producer.....................................................George
Ainslie
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