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Inside the Opening Night of Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End at Arena Stage

Barbara Chisholm stars in the one-woman world premiere.

Washington, DC
Playwrights Allison Engel and Margaret Engel celebrate opening night of Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End.
Playwrights Allison Engel and Margaret Engel celebrate opening night of Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End.
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The world premiere one-woman show Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, written by twin-sister journalists and playwrights Allison Engel and Margaret Engel, opened last night at Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage.

Erma Bombeck star Barbara Chisholm (right) with the production's associate director, Anita Maynard-Losh.
Erma Bombeck star Barbara Chisholm (right) with the production's associate director, Anita Maynard-Losh.
(© Cameron Whitman)

Barbara Chisholm (Boyhood) stars as the award-winning humorist and syndicated columnist Erma Bombeck. Directed by David Esbjornson, the piece draws upon Bombeck's immense body of work and conversations the Engels had with Bombeck's family, her longtime agent Aaron Priest, and Norma Born, who manages her archives.

Playwrights Margaret Engel and Allison Engel flank their play's star Barbara Chisholm, alongside Board Chair Beth Newburger Schwartz (right).
Playwrights Margaret Engel and Allison Engel flank their play's star Barbara Chisholm, alongside Board Chair Beth Newburger Schwartz (right).
(© Cameron Whitman)

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Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End

Washington, DC

Closed: November 8, 2015