Actor's Express presents: Wit
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Thu., Jun. 4 — Sun., Jun. 28
CRITIC’S PICK:
Wit by Margaret Edson, Actor’s Express — Prominent Atlanta actor Carolyn Cook plays the lead role of terminal cancer patient Dr. Vivian Bearing in Margaret Edson’s one-act play ‘Wit.’ Cook is a veteran of multiple local stages and founded the French-language theatre company Théâtre du Rêve in Little Five Points. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1999, neophyte playwright Edson declined to write another piece and returned to Atlanta’s public school system, where she can reportedly be found teaching third-graders to this day. Alvin Klein of ‘The New York Times’ called ‘Wit’ “a high-impact theatrical workout that puts you through an emotional wringer and proves that devastation does not preclude enrichment.” — Kevin C. Madigan
From the venue:
Wit
WINNER! 1999 PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA
“NOTHING BUT A BREATH- A COMMA- SEPARATES LIFE FROM LIFE EVERLASTING.”
Dr. Vivian Bearing has spent her life mastering the art of intellect but keeping the world at arm’s length. When an unexpected diagnosis of ovarian cancer shatters the careful structure of her life, Vivian is confronted with questions that require a level of vulnerability that she has long avoided. What unfolds is a journey marked by courage, piercing wit, and unexpected grace, revealing the transformative humanity within her.
Actor's Express presents: Wit | 06/21/2026 2:00 PM