She's like a car accident you re too fascinated by to look away from. Vivian s two doctors are just as methodical and unfeeling as she has always been. This may not sound terribly entertaining, but Margaret Edson's play is definitely a winner a Pulitzer Prize-winner in fact. Her play has a deeper meaning than just Beware the disease, which we've seen. The message is also to beware our own emotional isolation.
Wit combines the two elements well.
Leading the cast is the magnificent Peggy Shaw who has been acting, directing and producing for 25 years. Her dedication to this role is obvious. She creates a woman who has used her intellect as a shield to cope with the outside world, but discovers that it only gets her so far. Without Shaw's outstanding acting the play would perish. Timothy Newton plays Dr. Jason Posner, who just happens to be one of Vivian's former students.