Yale Rep Stages 'A Woman of No Importance,' Opens March 27

Yale Repertory Theatre presents Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance.  Directed by James Bundy, A Woman of No Importance begins performances on Friday, March 21 and will play through Saturday, April 12 at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street, at York Street).  Opening Night is Thursday, March 27.

The cast of A Woman of No Importance includes Rene Augesen, Judith-Marie Bergan, Will Connolly, John Patrick Doherty, Kate Forbes, Geordie Johnson, Felicity Jones, Patricia Kilgarriff, John Little, Anthony Newfield, Bryce Pinkham, Terence Rigby, Michael Rudko, Erica Sullivan, and Liz Wisan.

The creative team for A Woman of No Importance includes Lauren Rockman (scenic design), Anya Klepikov (costume design), Ola Bråten (lighting design), and Jana Hoglund (sound design), Amy Boratko and Jennifer Shaw (dramaturgy), Stephen Gabis (dialect coach), and Sarah Hodges (stage management).

"Lords and ladies gather for afternoon tea and brilliant banter at an idyllic English country estate.  For young Gerald Arbuthnot and his mother, the assembled not-so-polite company holds the keys to happiness in love and life.  In this comedy of serial seducers, moralizing monogamists, secret pasts and simmering heartbreak, how will the Arbuthnots choose between social advancement and painful truths spoken from the heart?" describe press notes, "In 1895, the year that saw the debut of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, the playwright lost everything when he was convicted of "gross indecency" and sentenced to two years in prison.  A Woman of No Importance had premiered two years earlier and anticipated the forces that would strike him down.  Of British society, he said, "To be in it is merely a bore.  To be out of it is simply a tragedy."

A Woman of No Importance plays March 21 through April 12 at Yale Repertory Theatre, located at 1120 Chapel Street (at York Street), New Haven, Connecticut.  Opening Night is Thursday, March 27.

For a list of exact show dates and times, plus tickets for A Woman of No Importance are available online at www.yalerep.org, by phone at (203) 432-1234, and in person at the Yale Repertory Theatre Box Office (1120 Chapel Street). Tickets range from $35 to $58.  Student, senior, and group discounts are also available.  

Four and six ticket Flex Passes are available and may be used for the remaining plays in the season.  Flex 4 is $180 and Flex 6 is $250; both let patrons select the plays and dates of their choice.  Flex Passes may be redeemed on a per-show basis allowing patrons to decide how many passes to redeem for one or more productions.