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The Houston Equity FestivalWitwith *Tracy Ahern, Gabriel Regojo, *Susan Shofner, John William Stevens, and *Pamela Vogel*Member of Actors' Equity AssociationVivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned scholar and professor of English who has spent years studying and teaching the brilliant and difficult metaphysical sonnets of John Donne, has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. During the course of her illness, Vivian comes to reassess her life and her work with a profundity and humor that are transformative both for her and the audience. This production plays for eight shows only in a limited run. "[A] brutally human and beautifully layered new play . . . you will feel both enlightened and, in a strange way, enormously comforted." --The New York Times Hospital supplies provided by MEDICAL BRIDGES INC

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Wit by Margaret Edson MEET THE CAST*Tracy Ahern ("Motherhood OUT LOUD"/Matchbox 1, May 2017) will play Susie Monahan R.N. and *Pamela Vogel ("Leap and the Net Will Appear"/Catastrophic Theatre/Matchbox 3, February 2018) will play Vivian Bearing PH.D.. Tracy and Pamela worked together last season, in AD Players staging of the iconic movie, "The Lilies of the Field", and are excited to be collaborating on stage again, in this highly acclaimed show. Tracy’s many credits include "Girls Only - The Secret Comedy of Women” at Main Street Theater and Pamela’s include "Doubt" for Unity Theatre in Brenham, TX. Local actors Ron Jones, and Tracy herself, were trailblazers for Equity Member Projects. Ahern’s production of "Motherhood OUT LOUD" played to sold out houses at the MATCH! Gabriel Regojo (“Bootycandy”/Catastrophic Theatre/Matchbox 3, February 2019) will play Jason Posner M.D.. Among his notable credits are the highly praised “Sender” at Rec Room Arts, and “My Mañana Comes” at Stages Repertory Theatre. Gabriel was named one of the “Houston Chronicle’s Top 10 Best Actors in Houston” in 2017. *Susan Shofner (MATCH debut) will play E. M. Ashford. She was seen earlier this year in 4th Wall Theatre’s “Rapture, Blister, Burn,” and in shows at Stages Repertory Theatre and Main Street Theater as well as many productions at TUTS, (Theatre Under the Stars), including “Into the Woods” and “Bonnie and Clyde”. Susan’s regional credits are from the Paper Mill Playhouse, Off-Broadway, and the National Tours: “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” and “On the Twentieth Century”. John William Stevens (MATCH debut) will play Dr. Harvey Kelekian M.D., Mr. Bearing. He has appeared recently at the Ensemble Theatre in August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Gem of the Ocean” and in “The Waiting Room”. At Theatre Southwest John was seen as Barrymore’s Ghost in “I Hate Hamlet,” as well as taken on, and won high praise for, the (almost) one-man show “Barrymore” playing the man himself. *Member Actors’ Equity Association MEET THE VIDEOGRAPHERLionell Hilliard is an Instructor at the Art Institute of Houston, in Digital Filmmaking & Video Production. He earned his M.F.A. in Film Producing from The American Film Institute and B.F.A. in Radio, Television and Film from Sam Houston State University. MEET THE DIRECTORVance Johnson helmed the Houston premiere of “Passing Strange” for Standing Room Only Productions which won the 2017 Houston Press Theatre Award for Best Musical. Recently, Vance directed the “Excellent” “Bootycandy” confidently predicted by the Houston Press (two months into 2019) to be “one of the best shows of the year”. Follow us @WitHouEqFest #WitHoustonEquityFestival #HoustonEquityFestival2019