THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTLY LGBTQ+ Extends Through Spring 2022

Producers John Lant and Maarten Cornelis with Write Act Repertory and Gatehouse Entertainment today announced the Off-Broadway production The Importance Of Being Earnestly LGBTQ+, a modern day N.Y.C. vogue telling of the classic duality tale, at The Actors Temple, 339 West 47th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues).

Tickets are available through MARCH 2022, cost between $39 and $99, and can be purchased through Telecharge at www.telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200. For more information, please visit actorstempletheatre.com or www.gatehouse-entertainment.com/projects or www.writeactrep.org

John "Jack" Worthing loves N.Y.C. and Gwyn Fairfax, and he can have both when he assumes the name of his made-up brother, Ernest. When Algernon, "Algy" (John's best friend) falls in love with Cecil (John's ward), he too decides to take on the name of Ernest. With John pursuing one man and Algy pursuing another, Lady Bracknell (who happens to be Gwyn's mother) slowly unravels the odd strings of potential matchmaking. Of course, with two men and one name they share, what follows is a mess of imaginary identities, good-natured gossip, and ridiculous romance. The Importance of Being Earnestly LGBTQ+ brings Oscar Wilde's "trivial comedy for serious people'' to contemporary times with new laughter, color, and heart.

"I'm proud to create a world where coming out is never a thing, allowing our heroes to be unapologetically themselves," says Producer Maarten Cornelis. "We will root for each one of them in our own way as we identify their fallible struggles and triumphs as everyone's allowed to be complete human beings in love."

The cast of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTLY LGBTQ+ features Stephen Solomon (John / Earnest), Ryan Knight (Algy), Diego Blanc Zoco (Gwen), Michael Morley (Cecil), Kevin Hughes-Noboa (Lady Bracknell), and Lauren E. King (Miss Prism), Carmen Nikae (Dr. Chasuble), Jackson Cline (Merriman / Lane), with Emma Green (Dancer 1) and Chandler Corley-Essex (Dancer 2) the additional cast includes Cameron Keith, Will Thames, Sarah McAfee and Emily Bradshaw.

The creative team includes Tamra Pica (Associate Producer, Casting Director), Rebecca Ponticello (Assistant Director & Production Stage Manager), Maarten Cornelis (Light Designer), Izzie Cava (Associate Light Designer), Amanda Scanze (Costume Designer), Hannah Bernstein (Associate Costume Design), Martina Duque (Set & Graphic Designer), and Jennifer Steward (Props Designer).