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The Importance of Being Earnest   is cast
The cast of The Importance of Being Earnest navigated a first read through of the script this past Monday.   Auditions were held last week.

Complete with English accents, members got acquainted , while Director Loran Peterson (far left) put them through the beginning paces of a production. Reading through the script, some for the first time; the cast was already enjoying the silliness and double entendres that come with an Oscar Wilde play. Assistant director, John Pekar (right), added the staging elements. Lots of fun layers to this play were unearthed during this first reading.

Meet the Players
Ryan  Gilligan
Jack

Jack Worthing is a seemingly responsible and respectable young man who leads a double life.
Paul Russell
Lane (manservant)

When the play opens, Lane is the only person who knows about Algernon’s practice of “Bunburying.” 
Brad Bownes
Algernon

Algernon is a charming, idle, decorative bachelor, cousin of Gwendolen Fairfax, and best friend of Jack Worthing
Alex Nestor
Merriman (Butler)

The butler at the Manor House, Jack’s estate in the country.
Keely Peare
Lady Bracknell

Algernon’s snobbish, mercenary, and domineering aunt and Gwendolen’s mother. Lady Bracknell married well, and her primary goal in life is to see her daughter do the same.
Abby Reeves
Cecily

Jack’s ward, the granddaughter of the old gentlemen who found and adopted Jack when Jack was a baby. 
Gracie Miller
Gwendolen

Algernon’s cousin and Lady Bracknell’s daughter,  Gwendolen is in love with Jack, whom she knows as Ernest.  She is sophisticated, intellectual, cosmopolitan, and utterly pretentious.
Angela Russell
Miss Prism

Cecily’s governess. Miss Prism is an endless source of pedantic bromides and clichés.  Despite her rigidity, Miss Prism seems to have a softer side
Fred Norris
Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.

The rector on Jack’s estate. Both Jack and Algernon approach Dr. Chasuble to request that they be christened “Ernest.” Dr. Chasuble entertains secret romantic feelings for Miss Prism. The initials after his name stand for “Doctor of Divinity.”




Stage Managers

Stage manager for this production is Mark Hill (left.) Assisting him will be  Emily Hampson. It is their job to construct a set that aids in the flow of the show and offers everyone visibility and ease of movement.








Performance Dates 

April 28-29, 2017  
Box Office Opens March 27

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