The Importance of Being Earnest

Written by: Oscar Wilde

Directed by: Gigi Bermingham

Recommended for Ages 10+

Run Time: 2 hours and 10 minutes, including one 15 minute intermission.

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Runs now through December 9!

“Oh, pleasure, pleasure! What else should bring one anywhere?”

When bachelors Jack and Algernon both create alter egos, the lies quickly spiral into chaos, hilarity, cucumber sandwiches, and Victorian handbags.

Oscar Wilde’s “Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” with its sparkling wit, quotable lines, and unforgettable characters promises to be just the antidote for our own troubling times. Antaeus Company member Gigi Bermingham (You Can't Take It With You) helms this delightful high farce.

Photo: Alessandra Mañon and Jay Lee, by Frank Ishman



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Cast

Alex Barlas

JOHN WORTHING, J.P.

Anne Gee Byrd*

LADY BRACKNELL

Julia Fletcher*

MISS PRISM, GOVERNESS

Bo Foxworth*

REV. CANON CHASUBLE, D.D.

Jay Lee

ALGERNON MONCRIEFF

Jules Willcox*

HON. GWENDOLEN FAIRFAX

Production Team

Gigi Bermingham

Director

Angela Balogh Calin

Scenic Designer

Julie Keen

Costume Designer

Ken Booth

Lighting Designer

Salvador C Zamora

Sound Designer

John McElveney

Properties Designer

Jen Albert

Intimacy Director

Paul Wagar

Dialect Coach

Tayla Camras

Production Stage Manager

Rachel Berney Needleman

Production Dramaturg

Casey Collaso

Assistant Stage Manager

Frank Ishman

Artwork
*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule

"RECOMMENDED... Top Ten"

Amanda L Andrei, Stage Raw

"FRESH...ZINGY...INSPIRED...Antaeus informs [Earnest] with all the right beats."

Harker Jones, Broadway World

"CAPTIVATING... CLEVER... EXTRAORDINARY actors..."

Joe Mosqueda, Glamgical

"... a rib tickling, gut busting good time."

Patrick Chavis, LA Theatre Bites

"Wickedly Witty...a MUST-SEE"

Sarah A. Spitz, Stage and Cinema

"... as PERFECT... as any Oscar Wilde fan could wish for."

Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA

"a WITTY good time... TERRIFIC performances."

Terry Morgan, Arts Beat LA