‘Wit’ will open at the Playhouse on Park in West Hartford on April 22, with preview nights April 20 and 21.
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Wit, Margaret Edson’s powerfully imagined Pulitzer Prize-winning play examines what makes life worth living through her exploration of one of existence’s unifying experiences – mortality – while she also probes the vital importance of human relationships. Opening night at Playhouse on Park is April 22 at 8 p.m., with a wine and cheese reception to precede the show.
Edson has created a work that is as intellectually challenging as it is emotionally immediate. Exquisitely written, affecting and often humorous, Wit follows a brilliant and exacting poetry professor as she undergoes an experimental treatment for cancer. A scholar who devoted her life to academia, she must now face the irony and injustice of becoming the subject of research.
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Elizabeth Lande. Submitted photo
Playhouse on Park is thrilled to welcome back Stevie Zimmerman to direct Wit; her previous shows at the Playhouse include the critically-acclaimed Driving Miss Daisy and Collected Stories.
Featured in this production are Elizabeth Lande (Theatre 40: Jenny REMEMBRANCE, Helena KIN (Los Angeles Premiere),The Yale Repertory Theatre; The Trinity Rep; New Dramatists, The Williamstown Theater Festival, The New Jersey Shakespeare Festival) as Vivian, Waltrudis Buck (Playhouse on Park: DRIVING MISS DAISY, Vermont Stage: 4000 MILES; Long Wharf: UNCLE VANYA; TV/FILM: EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU, DECONSTRUCTING HARRY, MILDRED PIERCE) as E.M. Ashford, David Gautschy (Playhouse on Park: THE CHOSEN. Off Broadway: Signature Theater Company. Regional: Shakespeare on the Sound Denver Center Theater Company) as Dr. Kelekian/Mr. Bearing, Tim Hackney (Playhouse on Park: Joe Pitt ANGELS IN AMERICA: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES; National Tours: Mrs. Bumbrake/ Teacher PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, Robert u/s THE DROWSY CHAPERONE) as Jason, Chuja Seo (Getty Villa: PROMETHEUS BOUND, Edinburgh Festival: THE INTRUDER, Dixon Place, Minetta Lane Theater) as Susie, Harrison Greene (Playhouse on Park: Lane/Merriman THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, Whit OF MICE AND MEN, Phaeton METAMORPHOSES) as Intern/Student, Sara Detrik (Downtown Cabaret Theatre: Tzietel FIDDLER ON THE ROOF; Quinnipiac University: Kayleen GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES; Pace TRESTLE AT POPE LICK CREEK) as Student/Intern, Julia Ekwall (University of Scranton: Sarah ELECTRIC ROSES, Becky BECKY SHAW) as Intern/Student.
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Waltrudis Buck. Submitted photo
Wit runs until May 8. Previews are on April 20 and 21, with tickets at only $15 each, all seats reserved. Sunday matinees feature a talk back session after the performance. Tickets are on sale now and range from $22.50-$35.00, all seats reserved. Student, senior and Let’s Go Arts discounts are available. Wit is recommended for ages 14 and up due to brief non-sexual nudity.
Call the box office today at 860-523-5900 x10, or visit www.playhouseonpark.org. Playhouse on Park is located at 244 Park Rd., West Hartford, CT 06119.