The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Directed by Robin Post

April 18-21 & 25-28, 2024

7:30 PM Thurs.-Sat., 2 PM Sun.
Mainstage Theatre

The Importance of Being Earnest, a trivial comedy for serious people, Oscar Wilde’s madcap romp about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers’ entanglements still delights audiences more than a century after its 1895 premiere performance.

Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gwendolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack’s ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack’s country home on the same weekend pandemonium ensues. Only a senile nursemaid and an old, discarded handbag can save the day!