THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Amy Fox
Stage managed by Judi Liebert and Danna Boshak
WHEN: March 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 3 PM
WHERE: Studio Playhouse, 14 Alvin Place, off Valley Road near the A&P, in Upper Montclair.
TICKETS: $20 for adults, $17 for students and seniors age 65 and up with discounts available for groups of 20 or more that prepay.
Tickets are 2 for 1 on opening night, Friday, March 14.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.studioplayhouse.org/tickets or by calling 973.744.9752.
www.studioplayhouse.org
[Above: Algernon Moncreiff (Ken Budris, seated) taunts Earnest/Jack Worthing (Joe McCaig) with the inscription in the cigarette case Mr. Worthing had left in Algernon's flat to get some very interesting information.]
This witty and buoyant comedy of manners is brilliantly plotted from its effervescent first act to its hilarious denouement. Men-about-town, John Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff pursue fair ladies Gwendolen Fairfax and Cecily Cardew. Matters are complicated by the imaginary characters invented by both men to cover their on-the-sly activities.
The Importance of Being Earnest is a masterpiece of high comedy, sparkling with provocative observations not to be missed.
[Above: Gwendolen (Jessica Phelan, left) and Cecily (Rachel Bammel, right) have learned some very disturbing news about their beloved Earnest and are enduring each other for the sake of propriety and tea served by the long suffering butler Merriman (Mitch Frank).]
Photos by Amy Fox.
