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Production Requirements: A Costume Plot Database
Play Title: WIT

Title:  WIT
Playwright:  Margaret Edson  Publisher:  Dramatists Play Service, Inc
Year  1999  Genre:  Drama
Period:  20thC1990s  Number of Acts/Scenes  1Acts, 15 Scenes
Passage of time:  8-9 Months
Basic Plot:  Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize. Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned scholar and professor of English, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. During the course of her illness, Vivian reasses her life and her work with a profoundity and humo
Contributor's Name:  Jonathan P. Waters
Contributor's Email:  jonathanpwaters@gmail.com
Budget:  
Producing Organization:  
Cast Size As Written
  Male Actors:  2
  Male Chorus Actors:  2
Total Male Actors:  4
Number of Characters as Written
  Male Characters:  3
  Male Chorus Characters:  8
Total Male Characters:  11
Costume Numbers as Written
  Male Costumes:  3
  Male Chorus Costumes:  8
Total Male Costumes:  11
Actual Cast Size (if produced)
  Male Actors:  0
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  0
Costume Numbers (if produced)
  Male Costumes:  0
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  0
  Female Actors:  3
  Female Chorus Actors:  2
Total Female Actors:  5
 
  Female Characters:  3
  Female Chorus Characters:  8
Total Female Characters:  11
 
  Female Costumes:  3
  Female Chorus Costumes:  8
Total Female Costumes:  11

  Female Actors:  0
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  0
 
  Female Costumes:  0
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  0
Notes on possible reduction/expansion of characters/costumes:  
Quick Changes:  Dr Kelekian changes to Mr. Bearing between pg 34-35, double cast
Specialty/Special effects costumes required:  Vivian requires specialty make-up to provide balding and loss of eyebrows. She also requires a central-venus-access catheter over her left breast for IV tubing.
Other important notes:  Dr. Kelekian and Dr. Posner should have a different tie for each entrance. Susie should have a different blouse for each entrance.

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