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AISLING ARTS
& THE NEW YORK
IRISH CENTER
PRESENT
The
Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Wendy
Remington & Bryn Manion
Performed by Aisling
Arts Ensemble
Performances take place at The New York Irish Center
10-40 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NYC (7 train to
Vernon-Jackson)
***FOR PRESS
AND REVIEW ENQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT aislingarts@yahoo.com***
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March 27 and April 2,
3, 4 at 8PM
(Tickets $18,
available at the door only)
And also as part of the New York Irish Center’s
seasonal celebration of Irish Culture and Food . . . Bia, Beascna agus Bealoideas
March 29
& April 5 at 7PM
March 30
& April 6 at 4PM
(Tickets for the
play*, cocktails and dinner are $45, $40 for seniors) Cocktail hour begins at the time
listed, performances begin one hour following. There will be a one hour
intermission on these dates to accommodate dinner. To make reservations for
Bia, Beascna agus Bealoideas only, please call 718-482-0909. (*$18 play)
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About
the Play
Love is in the air and
mayhem ensues when two women become engaged to the same man, Ernest
Worthing, in Oscar Wilde’s trivial comedy for serious people. Country
squire, John Worthing, JP., plainly known as Jack,
has invented a young brother named Ernest whose frequent misbehaviors
demand Jack’s attention in London.
Meanwhile his friend, the stylish cad-about-town, Algernon Moncrieff, has
invented an invalid friend named Bunbury whose frequent bouts of woeful
illness require Algernon’s attention in the country.
These innocent ruses
provide both men with the ideal means to avoid tedious social obligations.
But when deceptions cross after both men propose marriage to their
respective sweethearts, colossal chaos and commotion create a fine muddle
indeed! Will love prevail? Oscar’s Wilde’s brilliant comedy is exuberantly
brought to life in Aisling Arts’s stylish and stylized new production featuring in a full household staff
and robust interludes. The production will bring into full relief the
ridiculous extremes and elaborate intricacies of social morays: modern,
Victorian, ever and always.
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