This text is based on the production of Wit that opened at the Union Square Theatre, New York City, on January 7, 1999. It was produced by MCC Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, and Daryl Roth, with Stanley Shopkorn, Robert G. Bartner, and Stanley Kaufelt; associate producer, Lorie Cowen Levy. General management by Roy Gabay. The production was directed by Derek Anson Jones. The set was designed by Myung Hee Cho; the costume design was by Ilona Somogyi; the lighting design was by Michael Chybowski; the music and sound design were by David Van Tieghem; the wigs were by Paul Huntley. The production manager was Kai Brothers. The production stage manager was Katherine Lee Boyer. The casting was by Bernard Telsey Casting.

The cast was as follows:

VIVIAN BEARING, PH.D.

Kathleen Chalfant

HARVEY KELEKIAN, M.D./MR. BEARING

Walter Charles

JASON POSNER, M.D.

Alec Phoenix

SUSIE MONAHAN, R.N., B.S.N.

Paula Pizzi

E. M. ASHFORD, D.PHIL.

Helen Stenborg

LAB TECHNICIANS/STUDENTS/RESIDENTS

Brian J. Carter, Daniel Sarnelli, Alli Steinberg, Lisa Tharps

The production opened originally at the Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut, on October 31, 1997. Doug Hughes, artistic director; Michael Ross, managing director.

It opened in New York at MCC Theater, September 17, 1998. Robert LuPone and Bernard Telsey, executive directors; William Cantler, associate director.