Actors Needed for "The Importance of Being Earnest" Show
The company is holding auditions for "The Importance of Being Earnest" show and lookin for performers, please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. About the project: Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is a sparkling, razor‑sharp comedy of manners where romance, identity, and social ambition collide in the most deliciously absurd ways. When two young bachelors invent alter egos to escape their responsibilities, they tumble into a whirlwind of mistaken identities, formidable aunts, secret engagements, and one very famous handbag. Packed with dazzling wit, glamorous characters, and nonstop verbal fireworks, Earnest remains one of the funniest plays ever written — a stylish, high‑energy romp that proves the truth is rarely as entertaining as a well‑crafted lie. Rate: This is an all volunteer community theater. Sorry there is no stipend. Additional info: Performance April 10 through 26. Please bring resume and headshot. Rehearsals will start February 17 all rehearsals will be Rehearsals will be either Sunday through Wednesday or Monday through Thursday 7-10, depending on conflicts. Auditions will consist of either a prepared monologue or readings from the script Please apply if interested.
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Jack is a seemingly respectable young man who maintains a double life, calling himself Ernest in London and Jack in the country. His mysterious origins—being found in a handbag at Victoria Station—fuels his insecurity. He is earnest in temperament yet constantly undone by the lies.
He is charming, amoral, and mischievous, using Jack’s fictitious brother Ernest as a mask for his own adventures. He is genuinely smitten with Cecily and surprised to find himself capable of sincerity.
Gwendolen is fashionable, intellectual, and supremely confident in her opinions, especially regarding taste and morality. She is in ‘love’ with the name Earnest, who happens to be Jack . Her poise masks a rebellious streak that emerges whenever she is out of her mother’s sigh
Cecily is Jack’s imaginative and romantic ward, far more grounded and psychologically textured than the other characters. She constructs an elaborate fantasy romance with “Ernest” Jack’s make believe Brother. Her innocence is theatrical rather than naïve—she knows exactly how to curate her own drama.
Lady Bracknell is a formidable, snobbish, and socially ruthless matriarch who enforces Victorian class boundaries with comic severity. She believes that marriage is a matter of property, pedigree, and propriety rather than affection.
Miss Prism is Cecily’s prim, moralizing governess, devoted to propriety and etiquette. Her rigid exterior hides a past mistake—misplacing a baby in a handbag—and a present longing for romance with Dr. Chasuble. She preaches restraint while harboring passion for Dr. Chasuble.
Dr. Chasuble is the local rector, a man of interchangeable sermons and gentle flirtations with Miss Prism. He’s always ready with a moral platitude that applies to any situation. He has a unignited passion for Mrs. Prism.
Lane is Algernon’s unflappable butler, whose dry responses subtly comment on his master’s behavior. He performs his duties with quiet efficiency and a dour attitude.
Merriman is Jack’s country butler, polite and proper but easily flustered by the chaos Algernon brings to the Manor House.
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