Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde's hilarious comedy of high manners, low morales, and multiple Earnest's among the upper crust. Algernon Moncrieff is a slightly shady, but charming gentlemen from a wealthy family who has a bad habit of throwing his money away. Algernon has a close friend named Jack Worthing, a self-made man who acts as a ward to his cousin, a beautiful young lady named Cecily.   Algernon has created an alter ego to help him get out of tight spots brought on by his financial improprieties, and when he learns that Jack has created a false identity of his own -- Earnest, a brother living in London whose exploits have earned him no small amount of notoriety -- Algernon arrives for a weekend visit in the country posing as the mysterious Earnest. Having heard of Earnest's misadventures many times over the years, Cecily had developed something of an infatuation with the lovable rogue, and Algernon's impersonation of him works no small degree of magic on Cecily. Meanwhile, Algernon's cousin, Gwendolyn, arrives for the weekend, and is startled to discover Jack is also there -- except that she knows him as bad-boy Earnest. So just who is in love with who? How will Lady Bracknell handle the matter of her daughter Gwendolyn's suitors? And what's the truth about Jack's mysterious heritage?

Cast:

Algernon - Paul Russell                                                                                              Lane - John Henderson                                                                                                 Jack - Patrick Rivers                                                                                                   Lady Bracknell - Deb Clark                                                                                  Gwnedolyon - Kelly Gregg                                                                                          Miss Prism - Donna Liska-Johnson                                                                           Cecily - Savannah Callis                                                                                     Chasuble - Shane Hankinson                                                                               Merriman - Jeff Huntoon-Ray

Directed by Amy Neathery.  Produced by Lindsey Hickman.

November 5, 6, 12, 13*, 19, 20.  All dates have evening performances at 8:00pm.  *indicates additional 2:00pm matinee. 

Tickets go on sale October 22 at Carmichael's and on our website.