The Importance of Being Earnest

Actors Brooks Reeves (The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, Hamlet), Kody Grassett (The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart), Ron Lacey (Uncle Vanya, Pool No Water), and Apollinaire new-comer Abigail Erdelatz play the the young lovers who fall in love with Ernest, the irresistible bad boy of London society. The trouble is, Ernest doesn’t exist. Under the watchful eye of Lady Bracknell(s), will the pairs of young lovers untangle their own web of lies, and will the newly minted Ernest win her approval despite an unlikely start in life in a handbag abandoned at Victoria station?

Oscar Wilde’s “Trivial Comedy for Serious People” has entertained with its on-point social satire for over a century. Wilde’s much loved masterpiece throws love, logic, and language in the air for a dazzling evening of theatrical fireworks. Directed by Danielle Fauteux Jacques.

Performances of The Importance of Being Earnest are November 19-December 19, 2021
Fri. & Sat. at 8:00, Sun. at 3:00
Performances are at the Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea.

Running Time: estimated 95 minutes