The Importance of Being Earnest

Guests traveled back in time to 1894 to visit an exquisitely decorated manor house, a beautiful English garden, and a bachelor's English flat during our immersive Oscar Wilde classic. Once through the threshold, audiences sat inside Algy's London flat for Act I, then climbed aboard a train to ride to the countryside. The train whisked guests to Jack's lovely garden for Act II, then through the double doors for Act III, inside Jack's home. It was a lovely set designed by Megan Wilkerson.

Oscar Wilde’s wildly entertaining comedy sparkles with dazzling wordplay and hilariously unlikely situations. This “trivial comedy for serious people” features two carefree bachelors, Jack and Algernon, each with a carefully hidden double life. But when Algernon discovers that Jack has been posing as a man named Ernest to escape to the city, he promptly travels to Jack’s country estate to pose as the fictional figure himself! Silliness ensues with whimsical ingénues, jealous fiancées, indomitable dowagers, and the most famous handbag in theatre history.