EXPIRES: April 21, 2025

“The Importance of Being Earnest” Stage Play Needs Actors

Theater
Paying up to $1,144/week
Description

“The Importance of Being Earnest” play seeking cast. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. See more info below.

About the project:
SYNOPSIS: John Worthing, a carefree young gentleman, is the inventor of a fictitious brother, “Ernest,” whose wicked ways afford John an excuse to leave his country home from time to time and journey to London, where he stays with his close friend and confidant, Algernon Moncrieff. Algernon has a cousin, Gwendolen Fairfax, with whom John is deeply in love. During his London sojourns, John, under the name Ernest, has won Gwendolen’s love, for she strongly desires to marry someone with the confidence-inspiring name of Ernest. But when he asks for Gwendolen’s hand from the formidable Lady Bracknell, John finds he must reveal he is a foundling who was left in a handbag at Victoria Station. This is very disturbing to Lady Bracknell, who insists that he produce at least one parent before she consents to the marriage.
Returning to the country home where he lives with his ward Cecily Cardew and her governess Miss Prism, John finds that Algernon has also arrived under the identity of the nonexistent brother Ernest. Algernon falls madly in love with the beautiful Cecily, who has long been enamored of the mysterious, fascinating brother Ernest.
With the arrival of Lady Bracknell and Gwendolen, chaos erupts. It is discovered that Miss Prism is the absent-minded nurse who twenty years ago misplaced the baby of Lady Bracknell’s brother in Victoria Station. Thus John, whose name is indeed Ernest, is Algernon’s elder brother, and the play ends with the two couples in a joyous embrace.

Additional info:
Call back date: Friday, April 25 6:00-8:00 PM
First rehearsal: Monday, May 5th @ 6 PM
Rehearsals will be held: Monday-Thursday from 6 to 9 PM
Tech week begins: Monday, June 9th
Dress rehearsals begin: Monday, June 16th
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
THURSDAY, June 19th @ 7:00 pm – PREVIEW NIGHT
FRIDAY, June 20th @ 7:00 pm – OPENING NIGHT
SATURDAY, June 21st @ 7:00 pm
SUNDAY, June 22nd @ 7:00 pm
THURSDAY, June 26th @ 7:00 pm
FRIDAY, June 27th @ 7:00 pm
SATURDAY, June 28th @ 7:00 pm
SUNDAY, June 29th @ 7:00 pm – Followed by mandatory striking of the set/costumes/props/etc. Details will be given prior to final week of dress rehearsals.

If you are interested, please apply.

9 Project roles
John "Jack" Worthing, J.P. (Justice of the Peace) - (aka Ernest)
Both genders.
26
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34.
All ethnicities.
A wealthy young gentleman who takes life seriously. He is a friend of Algernon whose behavior he sometimes deplores. Jack is Cecily’s guardian and is in love with Gwendolen Fairfax. Male-identifying.
Application deadline closed.
Algernon Moncrieff
26
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34.
The brilliantly witty and blithely selfish nephew of Lady Bracknell and cousin to Gwendolen Fairfax. He is Jack’s best friend and is in love with Cecily Cardew. Male-identifying.
Application deadline closed.
Gwendolen Fairfax
20
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29.
Algernon’s young, aristocratic, and charmingly superficial cousin and Lady Bracknell’s daughter. She is in love with Jack. Female-identifying.
Application deadline closed.
Lady Bracknell
50
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65.
Domineering, cunning, mercenary, and snobbish. She is Gwendolen’s mother, and she means to see her daughter well-married. A formidable woman, Lady Bracknell is used to having her own way in all ways. Female-identifying.
Application deadline closed.
Cecily Cardew
18
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22.
A young woman given to romantic fantasies and intrigued by the wickedness of Jack’s brother. She is the simpler, more innocent country girl to Gwendolyn’s sophisticated city girl. Female-identifying. Age: 18.
Application deadline closed.
Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D. (Doctor of Divinity)
55
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56.
The pleasant rector on Jack’s estate and has a crush on Miss Prism. Male-identifying.
Application deadline closed.
Miss Prism
50
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56.
Cecily’s pedantic governess. She is somewhat puritanical, but her softer side leans toward Dr. Chasuble. She once wrote an important novel. Female-identifying.
Application deadline closed.
Lane
40
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56.
Algernon’s butler/maid. Lane only appears in Act I. Male or female-identifying.
Application deadline closed.
Merriman
40
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56.
Jack's butler/maid at the Manor House. Merriman only appears in Act II and III. Male or female-identifying.
Application deadline closed.