Barbara Chisholm stars in the one-woman world premiere.
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.
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.