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The Importance of Being Earnest at Austin Playhouse

Dates: 9/19/2025 - 10/19/2025

📍 Theatre: Austin Playhouse


Virtual
Austin, TX 78705

Phone: 512-476-0084

Tickets: $21 - $48


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Fake names, real feelings, and plenty of tea to spill! Jack and Algernon invent alter egos to escape their duties, but get tangled in a mess including mistaken identities, romantic entanglements, and two extremely judgmental butlers. Wilde’s razor-sharp wit skewers social conventions as Victorian etiquette turns into pure comedic chaos.

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Tony Awards and Nominations for The Importance of Being Earnest

Year Category Result
2011 Best Revival of a Play Nominated

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August 07, 2025 Austin Playhouse has announced the cast and creatives for Oscar Wilde's brilliantly witty masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest. Directed by Producing Artistic Director Lara Toner Haddock.

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Austin Playhouse

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Austin, TX 78705

Phone: 512-476-0084

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