Wit coming to Manatee Performing Arts Center
(FEBRUARY 23rd – MARCH 12th, 2017)
(BRADENTON, February 16th, 2017) The Manatee Players’ is proud to present Wit as part of their 2016 – 2017 Action through Acting series in Bradenton Kiwanis Studio Theater running February 23rd – March 12th, 2017. This production is in affiliation with Manatee Memorial Hospital as part of The Manatee Players’ Action through Acting initiative designed to build community awareness and give socially relevant issues through live theatrical productions.
Wit is a one-act play written by American playwright Margaret Edson, which won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Edson used her work experience in a hospital as part of the inspiration for her play
The action of the play takes place during the final hours of Dr. Vivian Bearing, a university professor of English, dying of ovarian cancer. She recalls the initial diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic ovarian cancer from her oncologist, Dr. Harvey Kelekian. Dr. Kelekian then proposes an experimental chemotherapeutic treatment regimen consisting of eight rounds at full dosage.
WIT CAST
Vivian Bearing …………………………………………………………………..……………………………………. Lynne Doyle
Susie Monahan ……………………………………………….……………………………………………….. Camille Norman
Harvey Kelekian and Mr. Bearing ……………………………….…………………………………….. Tom Aposporus
E.M. Ashford …………………………………………………………….…………………………………………. Donna Gerdes
Jason Posner ……………………………………………………………..………………………………………… Adam Fuentes
Ensemble …………………………………………………………….….……………………………………. Katherine Cushing
Ensemble …………………………………………………………….…….…………………………….………. James Sheppard
Ensemble …………………………………………………………….….…………………………….…………………. James Neill
WIT CREATIVE TEAM
Director ……………………………………..…………………………………..……………………………………. Pamela Wiley
Scenic Design ………………………………………………….……………………………………………….. Ralph Nurmella
Lighting Design ……………………………….…………………………………..……………………………….. Patrick Bedell
Costume Design ……………………………………….……….…………………………………………. Georgina Willmott
Stage Manager ……………………………………………….…………………..………………………………… Neal Addison
Sound Design …………………………………………………….……………….….……………………………………. Tom Sell
WIT PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Wednesdays & Thursdays: 7:30PM Curtain
Fridays & Saturdays: 8:00PM Curtain
Sundays: 2:00PM Curtain
TICKETS
Tickets for Wit are $26 and are Festival Style Seating.
(Prices are subject to change according to availability.)
To purchase tickets, call the Box Office at (941) 748-5875, order online at ManateePerformingArtsCenter.com or visit the Manatee Performing Arts Center Box Office at 502 Third Avenue W. The Box Office is currently open Monday – Friday 10AM – 5PM.
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