TV fans fell in love with Merritt Wever from the get-go as adorable newbie nurse Zoey Barkow on Showtime’s Nurse Jackie. In a cast that includes theatrical heavyweights Edie Falco, Eve Best and Anna Deavere Smith, Wever more than holds her own—which isn’t really surprising given the fact that she’s been acting professionally for almost half of her 30 years. Currently, she’s charming audiences as a shrewd and ambitious maid in Tony Kushner’s The Illusion at Signature Theatre Company, and she'll be heading to Williamstown in August to star in Bess Wohl's Touch(ed). In conversation, Wever is both friendly and self-deprecating, with zero interest in self-promotion.
What drew you to The Illusion?
It was a challenge. I’d never worked with this kind of language before, so it was scary, which is a good thing. And I love Tony Kushner—I was a little flabbergasted that I got to be in anything he wrote. I wouldn’t want to try to describe it, but I’ve always liked what he has to say about love and life. His writing is so rich that you can mine him for a very long ...
Monday, June 27, 2011
What's Up, Merritt Wever? The Nurse Jackie Charmer on Getting Corseted in The Illusion
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