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The Importance of Being Earnest

• Auditions will be Saturday February 7 from 3-6 and Sunday Feburary 8 from 6-9 at Valley Center Stage. Call backs will be February 16.

• Rehearsals will start in February. Show dates are April 10-26th.

• Auditions will consist of either a prepared monologue or readings from the script: Lady Bracknell, Jack Worthing, Gwendolyn (please email me for a copy: Eric Lewis – [email protected])

• Looking for verbal acuity and an ability to play Wildean style. Which is precise, high‑gloss  committed sincerity about absolute nonsense, delivered with elegant wit, impeccable social poise, and the unshakeable confidence that every line is a duel fought with charm. Sounds intimidating? Come anyway!

• Synopsis:

  Two London bachelors, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, invent alter egos—Jack as the rakish “Ernest” and Algernon’s imaginary invalid “Bunbury”—to escape social duties and indulge in city pleasures. When both deceptions land them pursuing the strangely insistent Gwendolen (who will only marry an “Ernest”) and attract the formidable attention of Lady Bracknell, their tangled identities spark a riot of witty misunderstandings. Oscar Wilde’s razor-sharp comedy exposes the absurdities of Victorian manners with sparkling dialogue, mistaken identities, and a delightful lesson in the value of being truly “earnest.”

  • Cast:

     Jack Worthing (25-35) Jack is a seemingly respectable young man who maintains a double life, calling himself Ernest in London and Jack in the country. His mysterious origins—being found in a handbag at Victoria Station—fuels his insecurity. He is earnest in temperament yet constantly undone by the lies.

    Algernon Moncrieff (25-35) He is charming, amoral, and mischievous, using Jack’s fictitious brother Ernest as a mask for his own adventures. He is genuinely smitten with Cecily and surprised to find himself capable of sincerity.

    Gwendolen Fairfax (20-30) Gwendolen is fashionable, intellectual, and supremely confident in her opinions, especially regarding taste and morality. She is in ‘love’ with the name Earnest, who happens to be Jack . Her poise masks a rebellious streak that emerges whenever she is out of her mother’s sight.

    Cecily Cardew (18-29, must look 18) Cecily is Jack’s imaginative and romantic ward, far more grounded and psychologically textured than the other characters. She constructs an elaborate fantasy romance with “Ernest” Jack’s make believe Brother. Her innocence is theatrical rather than naïve—she knows exactly how to curate her own drama.

    Lady Bracknell (40+) Lady Bracknell is a formidable, snobbish, and socially ruthless matriarch who enforces Victorian class boundaries with comic severity. She believes that marriage is a matter of property, pedigree, and propriety rather than affection.

    Miss Prism (35+) Miss Prism is Cecily’s prim, moralizing governess, devoted to propriety and etiquette. Her rigid exterior hides a past mistake—misplacing a baby in a handbag—and a present longing for romance with Dr. Chasuble. She preaches restraint while harboring passion for Dr. Chasuble.

    Dr. Chasuble (35+) Dr. Chasuble is the local rector, a man of interchangeable sermons and gentle flirtations with Miss Prism. He’s always ready with a moral platitude that applies to any situation. He has a unignited passion for Mrs. Prism.

    Lane (35+) Lane is Algernon’s unflappable butler, whose dry responses subtly comment on his master’s behavior. He performs his duties with quiet efficiency and a dour attitude.

    Merriman (30-95) Merriman is Jack’s country butler, polite and proper but easily flustered by the chaos Algernon brings to the Manor House.

    Lane and Merriman will be double cast.

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  Murder on the Nile

• TBC dates and times - targeting MARCH AUDITIONS

  • Please reach out to the directors Chris Clark & Mary Guthrie for early questions at [email protected]

  • Rehearsals will start in April.

  • Show dates are June 12-28th.

Please send general audition questions to [email protected]. The put ATTN (director name) in the subject line.