OPEN AUDITIONS!
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AVAILABLE ROLES:
JACK WORTHING: Stage age late 20’s to early 30’s. A young, eligible bachelor about town.
ALGERNON MONCRIEFF: Stage age late 20’s to early 30’s. A languid poser of the leisure class, bored by conventions and looking for excitement
DR CHASUBLE: Stage age 40-early 60’s. Like Miss Prism, he is the source of Victorian moral judgments, but under the surface he appears to be an old lecher.
LANE/MERRIMAN: Stage age 30 to 50. Servants of Algernon and Jack. Lane says soothing and comforting things to his employer but stays within the neutral guidelines of a servant. Merriman keeps the structure of the plot working: He announces people and happenings.
LADY BRACKNELL: Stage age late 30’s to 40’s. The perfect symbol of Victorian earnestness — the belief that style is more important than substance and that social and class barriers are to be enforced
GWENDOLEN FAIRFAX: Stage age early 20’s. Lady Bracknell's daughter, exhibiting some of the sophistication and confidence of a London socialite, believes style to be important, not sincerity.
CECILY CARDEW: Stage age late teens to early 20’s. Jack Worthing's ward, daughter of his adopted father, Sir Thomas Cardew. A silly and naïve girl, she declares that she wants to meet a "wicked man”.
MISS PRISM (governess): Stage age 40’s to 50’s. Cecily's governess and a symbol of Victorian moral righteousness.
CHARACTER NOTES:
The idea of the director is to do a complete gender-blind casting of the show. This will lend the show to be told in a way that audiences have never seen before.
JACK WORTHING: Stage age late 20’s to early 30’s. A young, eligible bachelor about town.
ALGERNON MONCRIEFF: Stage age late 20’s to early 30’s. A languid poser of the leisure class, bored by conventions and looking for excitement
DR CHASUBLE: Stage age 40-early 60’s. Like Miss Prism, he is the source of Victorian moral judgments, but under the surface he appears to be an old lecher.
LANE/MERRIMAN: Stage age 30 to 50. Servants of Algernon and Jack. Lane says soothing and comforting things to his employer but stays within the neutral guidelines of a servant. Merriman keeps the structure of the plot working: He announces people and happenings.
LADY BRACKNELL: Stage age late 30’s to 40’s. The perfect symbol of Victorian earnestness — the belief that style is more important than substance and that social and class barriers are to be enforced
GWENDOLEN FAIRFAX: Stage age early 20’s. Lady Bracknell's daughter, exhibiting some of the sophistication and confidence of a London socialite, believes style to be important, not sincerity.
CECILY CARDEW: Stage age late teens to early 20’s. Jack Worthing's ward, daughter of his adopted father, Sir Thomas Cardew. A silly and naïve girl, she declares that she wants to meet a "wicked man”.
MISS PRISM (governess): Stage age 40’s to 50’s. Cecily's governess and a symbol of Victorian moral righteousness.
CHARACTER NOTES:
The idea of the director is to do a complete gender-blind casting of the show. This will lend the show to be told in a way that audiences have never seen before.
SYNOPSIS:
A satire of Victorian social hypocrisy, the witty play is considered Wilde’s greatest dramatic achievement. A comedy of errors and deception, the play follows the adventures of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who both pretend to be someone else to win the hearts of their beloveds.
A satire of Victorian social hypocrisy, the witty play is considered Wilde’s greatest dramatic achievement. A comedy of errors and deception, the play follows the adventures of Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who both pretend to be someone else to win the hearts of their beloveds.
AUDITION PREPARATION
Bring resume and headshot, if available.
Auditioners will read selected sides from the script. (Available at the audition).
Auditioners may also prepare an OPTIONAL one-minute monologue of their choosing.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is scheduled for six performances over two weekends, September 5th-14th, 2025.
Please bring a list of all conflicts from July - September 2025.
Auditioners will read selected sides from the script. (Available at the audition).
Auditioners may also prepare an OPTIONAL one-minute monologue of their choosing.
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST is scheduled for six performances over two weekends, September 5th-14th, 2025.
Please bring a list of all conflicts from July - September 2025.
