The first production of 2014 opened last night at Theatre 29. Managing Editor Tami Roleff tells us who’s who in the cast of “The Importance of Being Ernest”…
Theatre 29 veteran director Butch Pelfry said he knew his cast of the Oscar Wilde comedy of errors, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” was having fun at rehearsals when they said they didn’t want to take time off during Christmas week. Called “a trivial comedy for serious people!”, “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a tale of lost and found love and objects. Pelfry has cast a crew of veteran performers: Janet Peercy as the governess with a secret past, Miss Prism; Ben Bees as John Worthing, aka Earnest, aka Jack. Cyrus Short plays the rascal Algernon; Katie Van Sumerin as Gwendolen who hates crowds but lives in the city; Kathryn Ferguson as the extremely upper crust Lady Bracknell; Leonard Weber as the reverend who’s kept busy with christenings; Lizzie Schmelling as John Worthing’s very spoiled ward, Cecily. You can see “The Importance of Being Earnest” tonight at 7 p.m., and for the next four Friday and Saturday nights through February 8 with 2:30 Sunday matinees January 19 and February 2. Tickets are $8 to $12. For more information call Theatre 29 at 760-361-4151.
Reporting for Z107.7, this is managing editor Tami Roleff.
