Wit: A play-reading in conversation with terminal illness, palliative care, and the poetry of John Donne

Join us for a professional reading of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize winning play, Wit by Margaret Edson, which depicts a literature professor coming to terms with dying of stage IV ovarian cancer. This online reading will be followed by a panel discussion with UCI specialists in literature and medicine.

Cast: Chantrell Lewis, Olivia Wilde, Nick Exum, Rachel Sharp, Heather Echeverria

Panelists: Julia Lupton, PhD; Paul Coluzzi, MD; Mudit Dabral, MD

Event sponsors - UCI Illuminations and Center for Medical Humanities