Wit (2008)
Produced by
Playwright: Margaret Edson
Director: Barbara Larose
Venue
Run
September 26th, 2008 – October 11th, 2008
Synopsis
This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a woman who discovers the value of love and human kindness is the story of Professor Vivian Bearing, a John Donne scholar, who has terminal ovarian cancer and finds her own humanity in her mortality. It’s a play about the search for love and knowledge — a story told with humour, honesty and wit. (torontotheatre.wordpress.com)
Cast
| Dinah Watts | Vivian Bearing, PhD |
| Rick Jones | Dr. Karvey Kelekian / Mr. Bearing |
| Lindsay Empringham | Professor E.M. Ashford |
| Adam Brooks | Dr. Jason Posner |
| Cathy McKim | Susie Monahan, R.N. |
| Sarah Naomi Campbell | Lab Tech / Clinical Fellow / Student / Code Team |
| Sarah Illiatovitch-Goldman | Lab Tech / Clinical Fellow / Student / Code Team |
| Idil Mussa | Lab Tech / Clinical Fellow / Student / Code Team |
| Dave Norman | Lab Tech / Clinical Fellow / Student / Code Team |
Creative Team
| Margaret Edson | Playwright |
| Barbara Larose | Director |
| Paul Hardy | Lighting Designer |
| Charles Sharun | Set Designer |
| Angus Barlow | Sound Designer |
| Ellen Green | Assistant Director |
| Brandon Kleiman | Costume Designer |
| Paul Babiak | Action Choreographer |
Production
| Margot Devlin | Stage Manager |
| Andy Fraser | Producer |
| Elana Van Niejenhuis | Assistant Stage Manager |
| Andy Fraser | Props |
| Eileen Lonergan | Props |
| Dorothy Wilson | Props |
| Michael Gordon Spence | Master Carpenter |
| Ken Judd | Assistant Carpenter |
| Rodger McLennan | Assistant Carpenter |
| Margaret Spence | Curtain Construction |
| Elena Rakitskaya | Curtain Construction |
| Margot Devlin | Scenic Painter |
| Andy Fraser | Scenic Painter |
| Barbara Larose | Scenic Painter |
| Eileen Lonergan | Scenic Painter |
| Cathy McKim | Scenic Painter |
| David Pauloff | Scenic Painter |
| Wil Thomson | Scenic Painter |
| Dinah Watts | Scenic Painter |
| Angus Barlow | Lighting Hang Crew |
| Les Stockley | Lighting Hang Crew |
| Ed Rosing | Lighting Hang Crew |
| Emmanuel Afful | Lighting Hang Crew |
| Angus Barlow | Sound Operator |
| Eileen Lonergan | Lighting Board Operator |
| Dr. Orit Segal | Medical Consultant |
| Joanne Frieday | John Donne Consultant |
| Elena Rakitskaya | Dresser |
| Suzanne Courtney | Poster & Bookmark Design |
| Valerie Lemieux | Poster & Bookmark Design |
| Tina McCulloch | Publicist |
| Tabitha Keast | Audition Coordinator |
| Suzanne Courtney | Web Goddess |
| Raph Nogal | Production Photography |
Staff
| Margaret Spence | Front of House Manager |
| Julie Erion | Reservations Manager |
