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Knox College Theatre: The Importance of Being Earnest

May 10, 2017 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

$10

Knox College Theatre presents “The Importance of Being Earnest,” by Oscar Wilde, at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday,May 10-13, 2017, in Harbach Theatre, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, on the Knox campus in Galesburg, Illinois.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and Knox College alumni, free to all students with school ID, and free to Knox College students, faculty and staff. Tickets are available at the door one hour before each performance or by advanced reservation at 309-341-7472.

“First produced in London in 1895, ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ is widely recognized as one of the finest comedies ever written for the stage,” said the director, Neil Blackadder, professor of theatre.

The plot, which combines farce with dazzlingly witty dialogue, centers around two young women, Gwendolen and Cecily, who would happily marry the two young men, John and Algernon, who propose to them, if only the men were both called Earnest.

Much of the humor is based on Wilde poking fun at the highly stratified and rule-bound Victorian society, according to Allison Stout. The sophomore from Royal Oak, Michigan, extensively researched the play’s historical context in her role as dramaturg.

“Victorians had rules for literally everything, and some of them seem so odd to us today,” Stout said. “A man visiting someone’s house, if he had to take off his hat, would put it down on the floor. Not on a table or a chair. It had to be on the floor.”

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Importance of Being Earnest
May 10-13 2017
Harbach Theatre, Knox College

Cast
John Worthing – Padraig Sullivan
Algernon Moncrieff – Tristan Yi
Gwendolen Fairfax – Chloe Vollenweider
Cecily Cardew – Raven Ringe
Lady Bracknell – Jordan Hurst
Miss Prism – Sosy Fleming
Rev. Canon Chasuble – Parker Adams
Lane – Michelangelo Pori
Merriman – Casey Brayndick

Production Team
Director – Neil Blackadder, professor of theatre
Assistant Director – Peter Rule
Stage Manager – Emma Lipson
Assistant Stage Managers – Natasha Caudill, Elizabeth Dehlin, Colton Denton
Costume Designer – Margo Shively, lecturer in theatre
Assistant Costume Designer – Willa Ogawa-Coufal
Set and Lighting Designer, Technical Director – Craig Choma, associate
professor of theatre
Assistant Set Designer, Master Electrician – Brady Comenduley
Assistant Technical Director – Marty Helms
Props Designers – Ren Barkey, Luba Liubvina
Sound Designer – Maty Ortega
Dramaturg – Allison Stout

Details

Date:
May 10, 2017
Time:
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Cost:
$10
Event Category:

Venue

Ford Center forthe Fine Arts on the Knox College Campus
Galesburg, IL 61401 United States + Google Map
Phone:
3128527966

Organizer

Knox College
Phone:
3093417337
Email:
news@knox.edu
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