Oscar Wilde's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre
Dates: 7/22/2022 - 8/14/2022
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7014 E Camelback Rd #0586
Scottsdale, 85251
Phone: 4804831664
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This production of The Importance of Being Earnest is being played in Beverly Hills, circa 2005, in the age of early Facebook and MySpace.
John Worthing has invented a fictitious brother, “Ernest,” whose wicked ways afford John an excuse to leave his home in Temecula from time to time and journey to Beverly Hills where he stays with his close friend, Algernon Moncrieff.
Algeron has a cousin, Gwendolen Fairfax, with whom John is deeply in love. During his Beverly Hills stopovers, John, under the name Ernest, has won Gwendolen’s love, for she strongly desires to marry someone with a confidence-inspiring name, like Ernest.
But when he asks for Gwendolen’s hand from the formidable Mrs. Bracknell, John finds he must reveal he is an orphan who was left in a handbag at Los Angeles Union Station. Mrs. Bracknell insists that he produce at least one parent before she consents to the marriage.
Returning to Temecula where he lives with Cecily Cardew, who he tutors, and Miss ‘Nanna’ Prism, John finds that Algernon has also arrived under the identity of the nonexistent brother Ernest. Algernon falls madly in love with Cecily, who has long been enamored of the mysterious, fascinating brother Ernest.
With the arrival of Mrs. Bracknell and Gwendolen, chaos erupts. It is discovered that Miss Prism is the absent-minded nurse who twenty years ago misplaced the baby of Mrs. Bracknell’s brother in Victoria Station. Thus John, whose name is indeed Ernest, is Algernon’s older brother.
John Worthing has invented a fictitious brother, “Ernest,” whose wicked ways afford John an excuse to leave his home in Temecula from time to time and journey to Beverly Hills where he stays with his close friend, Algernon Moncrieff.
Algeron has a cousin, Gwendolen Fairfax, with whom John is deeply in love. During his Beverly Hills stopovers, John, under the name Ernest, has won Gwendolen’s love, for she strongly desires to marry someone with a confidence-inspiring name, like Ernest.
But when he asks for Gwendolen’s hand from the formidable Mrs. Bracknell, John finds he must reveal he is an orphan who was left in a handbag at Los Angeles Union Station. Mrs. Bracknell insists that he produce at least one parent before she consents to the marriage.
Returning to Temecula where he lives with Cecily Cardew, who he tutors, and Miss ‘Nanna’ Prism, John finds that Algernon has also arrived under the identity of the nonexistent brother Ernest. Algernon falls madly in love with Cecily, who has long been enamored of the mysterious, fascinating brother Ernest.
With the arrival of Mrs. Bracknell and Gwendolen, chaos erupts. It is discovered that Miss Prism is the absent-minded nurse who twenty years ago misplaced the baby of Mrs. Bracknell’s brother in Victoria Station. Thus John, whose name is indeed Ernest, is Algernon’s older brother.
Cast and Creative Team for Oscar Wilde's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre
Cast
Eric Bond
Algernon
Hunter Alexander
Jack
Sarah White
Gwendolen
Emily Wood
Cecily
Pat Drapac
Mrs. Bracknell
Cindy Miesse
Miss Prism
Bob Taylor
Dr. Chasuble
Veronikka Sylvas
Lane / Merriman
Creative Team
Van Rockwell
Director
Hillary Low
Assistant Director
Nicole Thompson
Stage Manager
Triss Slothower
Assistant Stage Manager
Lauren Buzbee
Set Painter, Set Dresser
Ivy Kanani
Costume Designer, Props Designer
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Ellen Versen
DST Executive Director
Walt Versen
DST Artistic Director
Ally Baumlin
DST Production Manager
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