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Need we say more? A classic comedy of manners in that most mannered of eras—Victorian England, this is Wilde at his wittiest! The bons mots fly as best friends Algernon and Jack find themselves hopelessly in love—Algernon with Jack’s ward Cecily, and Jack with Algernon’s cousin Gwendolen—daughter of the redoubtable Lady Bracknell. Will Jack’s lack of pedigree impede his romance? Who on earth is Earnest, and is it really necessary for grown men to be baptized? And what can a handbag found in a cloakroom have to do with anything? You’ll be delighted by the twists and turns and the startling resolution of this charming play!

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Drama at Inish

by Lennox Robinson
directed by Rob Grumich*
July 14–16 & 28–30

It’s a typical, slow moving summer in the Irish seaside town of Inish. John and Annie Twohig, proprietors of the Seaview Hotel, have devised a grand plan to boost tourism—they have hired a theatrical company to perform nightly in the theatre that they own. And the plan works, but in unexpected ways. As the townspeople and visitors watch Ibsen and Strindberg each evening, they find their own lives’ stories on the stage, and are greatly affected! Robinson pokes fun at his Irish countrymen and at theatre itself in this delightful play first performed in 1933 by the famed Abby Theatre of Dublin.

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Noises Off

by Michael Frayn
directed by Deanna Jent*
October 13–15, 19–22 & 27–29

Ever wonder what goes on backstage when the actors disappear from view? This is your chance to find out! Act One shows you a British acting company rehearsing their next play Nothing On. Act Two takes place when the play has been running for a month, and what you see is—what is going on backstage! Love triangles, jealousy, clandestine drinking—maybe this is better than the play itself! In Act Three, we get back on stage a month later, and the personal trials and tribulations of the cast have spilled over into (or maybe become!) the play. And as a bonus—YOU, the audience, actually go sit backstage for Act Two! This is theatre like you’ve never seen it!

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*Act Inc. board member

+Kevin Kline award nominee, 2005