OSCAR WILDE’S

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

April 27th - May 22nd, 2011

John Worthing lives a double life. While in London he is Ernest, the lively urban bachelor. While in the country with his ward Cecily, he is Jack, the serious morally minded suburban gentleman. The inscription in a forgotten cigarette case reveals Jack’s deceit to his close London friend Algernon who, while calling out his friend’s impropriety, admits to having his own nom to folie. Chaos ensues as Ernest proposes marriage to Algernon’s cousin Gwendolen, and Algernon pursues Ernest’s ward Cecily. Will this farce through London and the British countryside end in marriage and happiness? As we all struggle to come to grips with the serious issues facing our world today, there is no better way to spend an evening than reveling in the masterful wit of Wilde’s “iridescent filament of fantasy,” which is as comic and relevant today as it was at its premiere in 1895.

REVIEWS

“Quintessence's Earnest is, in the best tradition of English farces, a grand time.”
- Talkin’ Broadway

THE ENSEMBLE

Paul Hebron*
Lane/ Merriman

Josh Carpenter*
Algernon Moncrieff

Jake Blouch
Jack Worthing

Janis Dardaris*
Lady Bracknell

Janel Miley
Gwendolen Fairfax

Emily Rast
Cecily Cardew

Marie Maginty
Miss Prism

Sean Close
Reverend Chasuble 

CREATIVE TEAM

Alexander Burns
Director

Eliza Brown
Scenic Design

David Sexton
Lighting Design

Jane Casanave
Costume Design

Hazel Bowers
Dialect Coach