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Performers Needed for "The Importance of Being Earnest" Play

Oakville, ON, Canada
ID: 292133Exp: 9/14/2025
Description:

ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. Seeking performers for production of "The Importance of Being Earnest". More details are below. Additional information: Callbacks September 18th. Rehearsals: 3x/week beginning in October. Performances: January 22nd-25th. If you're interested, please apply.

9 roles

JOHN WORTHINGMale27-31 y.o.All ethnicities

A bachelor and country gentleman who takes his responsibilities seriously as Jack in the country but enjoys avoiding them as Earnest in the city.

ALGERNON MONCRIEFFMale25-30 y.o.All ethnicities

Fashionable & debonair, a friend of Jack’s (who he knows as Ernest).

LADY BRACKNELLFemale45-60 y.o.All ethnicities

A domineering matriarch, Gwendolyn’s mother and Algernon’s aunt. Will consider a male actor in drag for this role.

GWENDOLYN FAIRFAXFemale18-25 y.o.All ethnicities

Sophisticated and cosmopolitan.

CECILY CARDEWFemale18-20 y.o.All ethnicities

Imaginative and romantic, Jack’s ward.

MISS PRISMFemale45-60 y.o.All ethnicities

Cecily’s puritanical governess.

REVEREND CANON CHASUBLEMale45-60 y.o.All ethnicities

The rector on Jack’s estate.

LANEMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

Algernon’s servant.

MERRIMANMale18-56 y.o.All ethnicities

John’s butler.