Kentwood Players presents THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST 5/7-6/12

Kentwood Players continues its 60th Anniversary Season with Oscar Wilde's immortal classic "The Importance of Being Earnest" from May 7 to June 12, 2010 on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM, at the Westchester Playhouse located at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester. The production is directed by Drew Fitzsimmons and produced by Jim Crawford and Alison Mattiza. Featured in the cast are Marcy Agreen, Lorenzo Bastien, Ron Edwards, Judy Ewing, Jessica Hayes, Carmen Lynne, Mark Mayes, Will Meister, and Joshua Nelson.

The play's humor derives in part from the characters maintaining fictitious identities to escape unwelcome social obligations. Jack Worthing has invented a brother, Ernest, whom he uses as an excuse to leave his humdrum country life behind to visit the ravishing Gwendolen, cousin of his best friend Algernon Montcrieff. But Algernon, who also knows Jack as Ernest, catches on all too quickly that Jack earnestly isn't Ernest. So Algernon decides to take the name Ernest when he visits the Worthing country manor where he meets Jack's ward, the sweet and lovely Cecily who has spent so much time worrying about her poor caregiver's wretched brother Ernest that she's grown rather fond of the man she hasn't met - until now.

Of course one must remember that an unexpected visit should never be a solo event, so along comes Lady Bracknell and her daughter Gwendolen just as things are starting to boil. And the result couldn't be more catastrophically delicious! What will poor Jack do? What hasn't Algernon done? What will Gwendolen and Cecily think? Will Cecily's strict but kind governess Miss Prism ever be able to make sense of her feelings for the tortured man-of-the-cloth Canon Chasuble? And can the Grand Dame of them all, Lady Bracknell, stand one more minute of such foolishness? We'll see, shall we?

Tickets are $18.00 with a $2.00 discount for seniors, students, and servicemen. To purchase tickets, please call (310) 645-5156 during box office hours, Tuesday through Saturday from 4-7 PM. Visa, MasterCard, and Diner's Club accepted. You may also purchase tickets online at www.kentwoodplayers.org. For group ticket sales, please contact Jenny Boone at (310) 204-1838 or Calia Mintzer-Wolf at (310) 837-3609.

Please join us at the Westchester Playhouse, home of the Kentwood Players, for our next meeting to learn more about our upcoming season of shows. You'll have the opportunity to meet and get involved with our very professional and talented group of producers, directors, actors and designers as we celebrate 60 years of presenting great entertainment. Our meetings are free to the public and are held on the third Wednesday of every month at 8:00 PM. Westchester Playhouse is located two blocks west of the San Diego Freeway and two blocks north of Manchester at 8301 Hindry Avenue in Westchester, CA 90045.

For more information on current and future Kentwood Players productions, auditions, and our Kentwood Kids Children's Theatre Classes, please visit the Kentwood Players website at www.kentwoodplayers.org. And you can also sign up and be a Kentwood Players friend on Facebook and My Space.

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