DePauw Theatre Presents The Importance of Being Earnest, Nov. 16 - 19

November 3, 2017

DePauw Theatre presents The Importance of Being Earnest, which opens Thursday, November 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Moore Theatre of the Green Center for the Performing Arts followed by a reception in the Great Hall. Performances continue on Friday, November 17 and Saturday, November 18 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee performance on Sunday, November 19 at 1 p.m.

Join Algy and Jack, two dashing (and clueless men) about town, and Cecily and Gwendolyn, two charming (and ruthless) young women bent upon matrimony. Add an orphan infant in a handbag, two sickly imaginary dependents and the infamous Lady Bracknell, and you have The Importance of Being Earnest. Oscar Wilde’s farcical comedy, subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” has delighted audiences since its premiere in 1895. No one is what he (or she) seems in Earnest, and Wilde’s scathing satire mocks social conventions, pomp and pretense -- and marriage.

The DePauw production is directed by M. Susan Anthony, professor of communication and theatre.

Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students. They are available online for purchase here. 

For more information about DePauw Theatre, click here. 

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