Oscar Wilde’s
The Importance of Being Earnest

We’re reuniting our critically-acclaimed cast for an online Encore Reading!

July 16 to 20, 2020

THANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED US FOR THE LIVE PREMIERE!

Algernon: Ademide Akintilo•  
Gwendolen: Kristen Calgaro•+
Cecily: Connie Castanzo•+  
Lady Bracknell: Kate Goehring•
Merriman: John Michalski•+
Jack: Jed Peterson•
Miss Prism: Tina Stafford•
Chasuble: Clay Storseth•+

Production Stage Manager: Yetti Steinman•+

• Actors' Equity Association
+Associate Artist of New York Classical Theatre

Original Casting Director: Stephanie Klapper+
Original Voice/Speech Coach: Joan Melton+
Original Movement Coach: Andrea Andresakis+

Made possible with a grant from the Alice Scovell Charitable Fund

Program Book

Click HERE for the “digital playbill” program book from our online reading

NAMED “BEST SHOW OF THE YEAR” by TheaterScene.net! "From New York Classical Theatre came the best show of the year. The Importance of Being Earnest was Oscar Wilde’s 1895 classic comedy, impeccably performed and wondrous." -Darryl Reilly, TheaterScene 2019 Ten Best List

In New York magazine, Sara Holdren wrote, “See it with tea, see it with cucumber sandwiches, see it with wine—but whatever you do, see it.” 

Theatre journalist and performing arts critic Jose Solís says our performances are “absolutely enchanting, hilarious, and illuminate Wilde’s text in refreshing ways.”