The Importance of Being Earnest Begins TONIGHT
The O’Neal Players will be performing Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” on April 28th and 29th at 7pm and April 30th at 6pm at O’Neal’s Hannah Center Theater.
The play, subtitled “a trivial comedy for serious people”, explores the social standards of late-Victorian Britain and chronicles the tale of two young aristocratic men who have each invented fictitious personae to allow them the opportunity to ‘escape’ from the social constraints of the period and to lead a double life. The climax of the play comes when their two young fiancées each discover that neither is married to a man called Earnest, despite what they had been led to believe. From babies in handbags to imaginary invalids, this play has something for all.
Leading the cast this year are junior Andrew Shoecraft-Martin as John Worthing, J.P and sophomore Stefan Woolley as his ever-hungry friend Algernon Moncrieff. Senior Grace Stroud leads the female members as the irascible, hard-nosed (yet hilarious) Lady Bracknell. Senior Natalie Placa and sophomore Calli McIntyre play the deceived fiancées Cecily Cardew and Gwendolyn Fairax , respectively. Rounding out the cast are sophomore Jenna Burns as Cecily’s governess, Miss Prism; sophomore Andrew Phan as the Reverend Canon Chasuble, junior David Lewis as Algernon’s servant, Lane and junior Maddie Gutschmit as Merriman. The production is directed by O’Neal drama teacher Michael Norman and stage-managed by O’Neal junior Mary McMurray.
Admission is free to O'Neal students and $5 to all others at the door. This production is made by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. of NY, NY.
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