Shakespeare ’70 presents Oscar Wilde’s classic high society spoof “The Importance of Being Earnest”
By: | Published: 2025-06-13 19:38:00 | Source: www.newjerseystage.com
Ryan Holcombe of Newtown, PA., as Algernon and Maggie Gronenthal of Lawrenceville, NJ, as Cecily
(WEST WINDSOR, NJ) — Oscar Wilde’s farcical tale depicting the tangled affairs of two men-about-town leading double lives comes to the stage of Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre when Shakespeare ’70 presents The Importance of Being Earnest, June 20-29, 2025.
Wilde’s “trivial comedy for serious people,” now celebrating its 130th anniversary, remains as timely today as when it was first produced in 1895. The story involves two rakish young men, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who opt to navigate Victorian-era expectations of courtship simply by evading them. But when their personas and egos begin to collide, the pair get…