Coal Creek Theater of Louisville presents
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
Directed by Janine Ann Kehlenbach
Jack Worthing has invented a wayward brother named Ernest whose fictional troubles provide the perfect excuse to escape to London. Algernon Moncrieff has invented an invalid friend named Bunbury for similar purposes. When both men find themselves wooing women who insist they could only love someone named Ernest, the lies multiply at an alarming rate — complicated further by the formidable Lady Bracknell, a misplaced handbag, and a governess with a romantic imagination. Wilde's 1895 masterpiece is the most perfectly constructed comedy in the English language: effervescent, endlessly quotable, and wicked to its immaculately gloved fingertips.
Run Time – 2 hours & 40 minutes, with two 10-minute intermissions
Cast and Creative Team
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Pam is so excited about working on this show with such a talented group of people and thanks Janine for the opportunity. She'd especially like to acknowledge the set and construction team that jumped in without a second thought when needed to work together on this show due to an unexpected illness. I'm so grateful for everything you are doing to make it happen! You are my angels.
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Brian is honored to return to Coal Creek, after last designing lighting for Shining City (Louie award for lighting) here in 2017, and four other productions dating back to The Voice of the Prairie in 2009. Brian won the 2019 Colorado Theatre Guild Henry Award for Scenic Design for The Waverly Gallery at Bas Bleu and the 2018 Henry Award for Lighting Design for The Crucible for OpenStage. He has designed over three hundred productions throughout the Front Range since arriving here in 1998.
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Although you may be more familiar with Steve as an actor - he appeared earlier this season in Outside Mullingar and won a Louie Award last season for Incorruptible - he actually cut this theatrical teeth by working backstage with sound and light design, stage managing, assistant directing, and the like, starting in the early 1980's. Steve has won Louies for his sound designs the last three years running, for Over the River and Through the Woods (2018), And Then There Were None (2017), and Dancing at Lughnasa (2016). Take a glance into the corner and you will probably see him manning the sound and light consoles at today's performance.
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Kathy has enjoyed collaborating with Janine and the cast to pull off this unique design. Please note that the basis of the costume design is Victorian but there is a lot of Steampunk thrown in. She has costumed many shows at CCTL, including the costumes for Blessed Assurance earlier this season. Favorites include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Grease, and And Then There Were None. She won Best Costume Design for last season's Over the River and Through the Woods. She hopes you enjoy this very funny show and is grateful for your patronage!
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Production Photos
In the Press
Broadway World – “Coal Creek Theater of Louisville Presents THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST” (read)