Audition Dates
25 Nov 2001 – 26 Nov 2001
- Sun 25 November 2001
- Mon 26 November 2001
Details
- Playwright
- Margaret Edson
- Director
- Liz Lipski
AddressWilliamstown Little Theatre, 2 Albert St, Williamstown (Melways 56 B7)
WIT
by Margaret Edson
WIT, by American playwright Margaret Edson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1999. WIT is as intellectually challenging as it is emotionally immediate.
At the start of WIT, Vivian Bearing, renowned professor of English Literature, who has spent years studying and teaching the brilliantly difficult Holy Sonnets of the metaphysical poet John Donne, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. Her approach to her illness is not unlike her approach to Donne – aggressively probing and intensely rational. But during the course of her illness – and her stint as a prize patient in an experimental chemotherapy programme at a major teaching hospital – Vivian comes to reassess her life and her work with a profundity and humour that are transformative both for her and for the audience.
Characters:
VIVIAN BEARING Ph D
Professor of Seventeenth Century Poetry. Should look in the age bracket 45 – 55. Vivian dies at the end of the play and is no longer Rubenesque, if she ever was. A dramatic tour de force of a role.
HARVEY KELEKIAN
Chief of Medical Oncology at the University Hospital. Should look in the age bracket 45 – 60.
JASON POSNER
Clinical Fellow, Medical Oncology Branch. Should look in the age bracket 28 – 35.
SUSIE MONAHAN RN, BSN
Primary Nurse, Cancer Inpatient Unit. Should look in the age bracket 28 – 35.
EM ASHFORD D Phil
Professor Emerita of English Literature. Female role - appears at age 50 and also at age 80.
LAB TECHNICIANS, CLINICAL FELLOWS, STUDENTS, CODE TEAM (DOCTORS/RESUSS TEAM)
4 Actors in age bracket 22 – 35. These are very important roles and ability to diversity in acting is paramount.
STANDARD AMERICAN ACCENTS MANDATORY
Auditions will be by appointment only.
Please call Director Liz Lipski on 9509 9992
The season will run from 14th February 2001 to 2nd March 2001.
Auditions will be held at Williamstown Little Theatre, 2 Albert Street, Williamstown (Melways 56 B7)
Sunday 25th November 2001 from 12:00 Noon
Monday 26th November 2001 from 7:30 PM
by Margaret Edson
WIT, by American playwright Margaret Edson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1999. WIT is as intellectually challenging as it is emotionally immediate.
At the start of WIT, Vivian Bearing, renowned professor of English Literature, who has spent years studying and teaching the brilliantly difficult Holy Sonnets of the metaphysical poet John Donne, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. Her approach to her illness is not unlike her approach to Donne – aggressively probing and intensely rational. But during the course of her illness – and her stint as a prize patient in an experimental chemotherapy programme at a major teaching hospital – Vivian comes to reassess her life and her work with a profundity and humour that are transformative both for her and for the audience.
Characters:
VIVIAN BEARING Ph D
Professor of Seventeenth Century Poetry. Should look in the age bracket 45 – 55. Vivian dies at the end of the play and is no longer Rubenesque, if she ever was. A dramatic tour de force of a role.
HARVEY KELEKIAN
Chief of Medical Oncology at the University Hospital. Should look in the age bracket 45 – 60.
JASON POSNER
Clinical Fellow, Medical Oncology Branch. Should look in the age bracket 28 – 35.
SUSIE MONAHAN RN, BSN
Primary Nurse, Cancer Inpatient Unit. Should look in the age bracket 28 – 35.
EM ASHFORD D Phil
Professor Emerita of English Literature. Female role - appears at age 50 and also at age 80.
LAB TECHNICIANS, CLINICAL FELLOWS, STUDENTS, CODE TEAM (DOCTORS/RESUSS TEAM)
4 Actors in age bracket 22 – 35. These are very important roles and ability to diversity in acting is paramount.
STANDARD AMERICAN ACCENTS MANDATORY
Auditions will be by appointment only.
Please call Director Liz Lipski on 9509 9992
The season will run from 14th February 2001 to 2nd March 2001.
Auditions will be held at Williamstown Little Theatre, 2 Albert Street, Williamstown (Melways 56 B7)
Sunday 25th November 2001 from 12:00 Noon
Monday 26th November 2001 from 7:30 PM
Contact
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