BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20180324T030000Z DTEND:20180324T050000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Ophelia's Jump presents WIT by Margaret Edson DESCRIPTION:Ophelia's Jump Productions presents the Pulitzer Prize winning play\, WIT by Margaret Edson. The production will be performed at the Ophelia's Jump Studio\, located at 2114 Porterfield Way\, Suite H\, in Upland\, from March 23 Aril 8\, 2018. A preview performances will be held on March 22. \n\n\n\nMargaret Edson's Pulitzer-winning play\, a funny\, compassionate and ultimately devastating account of a brilliant poetry scholar succumbing to ovarian cancer\; employs a healthy dose of humor to shift focus from dying to the choices we make about how we die.\n\n\n\nThe New York Times critic called Wit\, "the kind of theatrical experience of which legends are made." Neither too intellectual or too maudlin\, as some producers feared\, the play strikes a chord with audiences. "Every once in a while a play comes along that bonds people together in extraordinary ways\," notes The Boston Globe reviewer. The play "isn't a tearful lecture on how to die\; it's a dry-eyed lesson on how to live--with simplicity and kindness." Another Boston critic concurs: "To say that Wit is about cancer is misleading\; it is really about finding a balance between head and heart." "This is a rich and resonant piece of writing\," asserts an Atlanta reviewer\, "a play about language and ideas\, philosophy and religion. It is at once funny\, sad\, tragic and life-affirming\, complex and simple--yes\, a metaphysical paradox." X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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\nOphelia&rsquo\;s Jump Productions presents the Pulitzer Prize winning play\, WIT by Margaret Edson. The production will be performed at the Ophelia&rsquo\;s Jump Studio\, located at 2114 Porterfield Way\, Suite H\, in Upland\, from March 23 \; Aril 8\, 2018. A preview performances will be held on March 22. \;
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\nMargaret Edson'\;s Pulitzer-winning play\, a funny\, compassionate and ultimately devastating account of a brilliant poetry scholar succumbing to ovarian cancer\; employs a healthy dose of humor to shift focus from dying to the choices we make about how we die.
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\nThe New York Times \;critic called \;Wit\, "\;the kind of theatrical experience of which legends are made."\; Neither too intellectual or too maudlin\, as some producers feared\, the play strikes a chord with audiences. "\;Every once in a while a play comes along that bonds people together in extraordinary ways\,"\; notes \;The Boston Globe \;reviewer. The play "\;isn'\;t a tearful lecture on how to die\; it'\;s a dry-eyed lesson on how to live--with simplicity and kindness."\; Another Boston critic concurs: "\;To say that \;Wit \;is about cancer is misleading\; it is really about finding a balance between head and heart."\; "\;This is a rich and resonant piece of writing\,"\; asserts an Atlanta reviewer\, "\;a play about language and ideas\, philosophy and religion. It is at once funny\, sad\, tragic and life-affirming\, complex and simple--yes\, a metaphysical paradox."\;
\n \; LOCATION:Ophelia's Jump Studio\, located at 2114 Porterfield Way\, Suite H\, in Upland (across from Last Name Brewing) UID:e.838.17630 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260422T215131Z URL:https://business.claremontchamber.org/events/details/ophelia-s-jump-presents-wit-by-margaret-edson-03-23-2018-17630 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR