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Show Being Honest About "Being Earnest" " : A I. 1 . I v A.: Y 'V AAAKm v r ' j . . 1 The classics, whether it be in music or drama, stick with us as a community and society because they make generations time after time giggle or feel warm inside and that's what "The Importance of Being Earnest" did. Kathryn Little stated, "'Earnest' is full of satirical humor. Oscar Wilde shows a whole new side to his remarkable remark-able writing. So insightful! So Fun! So Witty! He gives us a great excuse to laugh at ourselves. That is what "Earnest" is all about! Who knows, maybe between the chuckles you just might learn something!" The play is being presented present-ed by PG Players and directed by Kathryn and Howard Lid-die. Lid-die. Jeff Thompson plays John Worthing. Jeff is having the "The Importance of Being Earnest " is being presented in the Keith Christeson Theater. Left to right is Jeff Thompson Thomp-son , Dennis Pnrdie and Bert Fuller. Tickets are $9 for adults and $8 for students and seniors (with $1 less for the matinee). Seating is reserved and tickets tick-ets may be purchased online at pgplayers.com. The box office will be open for current and future fu-ture sales on performance nights from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tayva Patch performs as Lady Bracknell and is excited excit-ed to be performing with her real-life daughter, Julia Patch Jolley, who plays Gwendolyn Fairfax. Charlie Kristina Fuller plays Cecily Cardew and is an absoulute delight in her role. . This is Deborah Flink's fourth show with PG Players, playing Miss Prism. Wilde's play has a lot of . dialogue with an English accent ac-cent and the players pull it off very well. The comedy in the play was accentuated by their excellent ex-cellent performances, particularly partic-ularly by Dennis Purdy, who plays Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D., Merriman, and Lane. He was absolutely hilarious. "Earnest" is an enjoyable, fun play for all ages to see. The audience really enjoyed the twists and turns in the plot and was very entertained. The costumes were impressive im-pressive and beautiful. They were period correct for the turn of the century. We highly recommend you attend the upcoming performances per-formances of this play. The play will run March 10 through 21 on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a Saturday matinee mati-nee on March 19 at 3 p.m. ,time of his life playing his dream role in "Earnest" and it is apparent in his performance. perfor-mance. Bert Fuller plays Alger-noin Alger-noin Moncrieff. He stated, "There is nothing like being on stage!" Outside of theater the-ater he is currently learning to read and write Anglo-Saxon, which may have helped with his English accent. Dennis Purdie performs as three separate characters during the play, keeping him busy both on and off the stage. Dennis is a long-time performer per-former with PG Players and again gives an outstanding and comical performance. |