Casting Performers for "The Importance of Being Earnest" Play
Talent needed for the "The Importance of Being Earnest" play. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: The Importance of Being Earnest tells the story of two friends who, in using the guise of a fictional man named Ernest to escape the pressures of society life, find themselves entangled in the complexities of love in Victorian England. Additional info: Rehearsals: Sept 8-Oct 16 2025 Mon-Thurs, 7-10p; Saturdays 11-2p. Preview: October 16, 6-10pm. Performances: Friday-Saturday 7:30pm, Sunday 2pm. October 17-26, 2025 All rehearsals will take place at ACC's Highland Campus. Please submit a video audition of the suggested materials : • 1 minute monologue (comedic). o We will performing the show with a British (RP) accent. Dialect submissions welcomed, but not required. • Please slate at the beginning of your recording by stating your name and the title of the piece you are performing. • Headshot and Resume are appreciated but optional. • Upload the file of your audition material through the audition form. DEADLINE: Submissions will be accepted until 10:00pm CST on Sunday, August 31st. Callbacks will be in person on Wednesday, September 3rd at 7:00pm at ACC's Highland Campus. If you are called back, you will be contacted via email with more information. If interested, please apply.
9 roles
Jack, a respectable young man, leads a double life as a clever dandy. He goes by “Ernest” in town and “Jack” in the country.
Jack’s best friend, Gwendolen’s cousin, and Lady Bracknell’s nephew. He is a charming bachelor and extravagant dandy, who specializes in making witty remarks and finding clever ways of getting out of his social obligations. He masquerades as Jack’s cousin “Ernest” in order to meet Cecily Cardew.
Jack’s betrothed, Algernon’s cousin, and Lady Bracknell’s daughter. Cosmopolitan, stylish, and sophisticated, she has opinionated views on matters of taste, morality, and fashion. She is also a bit pretentious, as demonstrated by her refusal to marry anyone, but “Ernest.”
Jack’s ward, Mr. Thomas Cardew’s granddaughter, and Algernon’s love interest. Cecily is a starry-eyed young lady who prefers writing in her diary to studying. She dreams of meeting Jack’s cousin, “Ernest,” and constructs an elaborate, fictional engagement between herself and this elusive persona.
Called Aunt Augusta by her nephew Algernon, she is Gwendolen’s stuffy and judgmental mother. Lady Bracknell’s views are entrenched in Victorian social mores, so she will not allow Jack to marry Gwendolen until he finds some suitable “relations.”
Cecily’s prim and pedantic governess, she espouses rigid views on morality. Her love interest is Dr. Chasuble.
The rector on Jack’s country estate. Algernon and Jack turn to him to be christened, “Ernest.” Dr. Chasuble’s love interest is Miss Prism.
Jack’s butler at his country estate, Manor House.
Algernon's butler in the London Flat.
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