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Wit takes a look at a life’s journey
“ Wit is a compassionate exploration
o f how V ivian faces her own
m ortality,” N ause says. “ With
humoi and insight, the play tells us
how we can change the way we
live.” Since opening in 1995 at the
South Coast Repertory Theatre, Wit
has received the Drama Desk
Award, OuterCriticsCircle Award,
D ram a C ritic s’ C ircle Award,
Drama League Award and the 1999
Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
A.R.T.’s 1999-2000 seasonismade
p o ssib le by the c o rp o rate
sponsorship of Tektronix, Inc. and
the media sponsorship of Just Out
A.R.T.’s production o f JF/7 is made
p o ssib le in part by K aiser
Permanente and the Actoors’ Equity
Foundation, Inc.
Ticket prices range from $13.50 to
$25; call 503/241-1 ART.
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Kimberly Howard as Nurse Susie Moynahan andJoA nn Johnson as Vivian Bearing in the play. Wit.
CONTRIBUTED STORY
for
T he P ortland O bserver
Allen Nause, A.R. T .’s Producing
A rtistic D ire c to r, w ill d ire c t
Margaret Edson’s Wit for the 1999-
2000 season finale, May 16-25.
Wit chronicles the life o f Vivian
Bearing, a brilliant and acerbic
literature professor who has spent a
so lita ry life a n a ly z in g and
researching the intricacies o f John
Donne’s Holy Sonnets. Now in the
advanced stages o f ovarian cancer
and the object o f someone else’s
research, she moves from a position
o f power to one o f dependency. She
seeks relief from her illness in Wit,
but ultimately finds peace o f mind
not in words, but with love and
human kindness.
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Joseph McClendon 111, an instructor
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“Reengineering Y ourself for the
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Oregon Convention Center.
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McClendon uses a unique teaching
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