Actress Megan Cole, who has appeared on television in 'ER' and 'Seinfeld,' originated the role of Dr. Vivian Bearing in the first production of 'Wit.'

A special adaptation of Wit, the powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a woman transformed by cancer, is coming to the Baltimore Museum of Art on Thursday, April 19. Presented by the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, The Power of Wit stars actress Megan Cole performing the play and giving a special commentary on empathy, forgiveness, dignity and care of the dying. To help commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Berman Institute of Bioethics, there will be no admission charge. The program will begin at 7 p.m.

The Houston Press calls Cole's performance as Dr. Vivian Bearing, a 17th-century English literature professor, "intelligent, deeply ironic and full of utterly wicked wit. [Her] character is a woman at war with advanced stage-four ovarian cancer ... . Getting sicker day by day, she discovers that she wants most what she has denied herself and her students all along: kindness and tenderness."

The performance will be followed by an expert panel discussion on death and dying in the American health care system.

Reservations are required. To reserve your seat, RSVP to Travis Hodges at thodges@jhsph.edu or 410-516-8535. For more information, go to: www.bioethicsinstitute.org.

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