Portland Center Stage Presents The Importance of Being Earnest – Preview

WHEN:

June 1–29, 2025

WHERE:

U.S. Bank Main Stage at The Armory
128 NW Eleventh Ave
Portland, Oregon.

TICKETS:

$25+

For more information and tickets visit the Portland Center Stage website.

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

“...Set in a version of 1919 that nods knowingly at today, this Earnest unfolds in a world not unlike D.C. in our current moment—where wealth, identity, and reputation remain a currency of survival. Bush reimagines Wilde’s dandies as queer-coded, class-hopping schemers: Jack is the “femme fastidious one,” Algernon, the “masc party boy.” The result is a joyful farce with teeth—delivering Wilde’s infamous wit while interrogating who gets to shape the rules of decorum, desire, and decency. Come for the farce, stay for the romance!..."

CAST:

Jack Worthing: Tyler Andrew Jones
Algernon Moncrieff: Philip Orazio
Lady Augusta Bracknell: Maria Porter
Gwendolen Fairfax: Lauren Steele
Cecily Cardew: Andrea Vernae
Miss Prism: Jamie M. Rea
Lane/Merriman: Darius Pierce

CREATIVE TEAM:

Playwright: Kamilah Bush
Director: Josiah Davis
Scenic Designer: Jean Kim
Costume Designer: Camilla Dely
Lighting Designer: Miranda K Hardy
Sound Designer: Phil Johnson
Dramaturg: Taylor Barfield
Intimacy Coordinator: Teniece Divya Johnson
Stage Manager: Janine Vanderhoff
Assistant Stage Manager: Dana Petersen

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