Feb. 23, 2012
For Immediate Release
By Natasha Janes, student news writer
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - The tickets for Campbellsville
University's theater production, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” a Victorian
era comedy by Oscar Wilde, are now on sale.
The show
times and dates of the show are as follows: Thursday, Feb. 23, Friday, Feb. 24
and Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7 p.m., with a Sunday, Feb. 26 performance at 3 p.m. -
all in the Russ Mobley Theater in the Alumni Building at 114 University Drive,
Campbellsville.
Jack Worthing, the play's protagonist, is a pillar of the
community in Hertfordshire and has responsibilities of being a major landowner
and justice of the peace; with tenants, farmers, and a number of servants and
other employees all dependent on him.
For years, he has also pretended to have an irresponsible
black-sheep brother named Ernest who leads a scandalous life in pursuit of
pleasure and is always getting into trouble of a sort that requires Jack to
rush grimly off to his assistance. No one but Jack knows that he himself is
Ernest. The play goes into the double life that Jack lives and how it may come
back to haunt him.
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| Campbellsville University's Megan Kist of Radcliff, Ky., left, who plays Cecily Cardew, has tea with Lacy Mudd of Campbellsville, who portrays Gwendolyn Fairfax, in “The Importance of Being Earnest,” which begins tonight at 7 o'clock in the Russ Mobley Theater in the Alumni Building at 114 University Drive, Campbellsville. The show continues Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and on Sunday at 3 p.m. The comedy centers around two men who assume the name Ernest to win the hearts of the women they love. (Campbellsville University Photo by Ashley Wilson) |
The cast of
the play includes: Jess Harris of Louisville, Ky., Miss Prism; Megan Kist of
Radcliff, Ky., Cecily; Brian Kretzler of Greensburg, Ky., Merriman; Lacy Mudd
of Campbellsville, Gwendolyn; Dakota Rogers of Harrodsburg, Ky., Jack;
Ian Shepard
of Somerset, Ky., Algernon; Singrid Tipton of Lawrenceburg, Ky., Lady
Bracknell; Steven Yospur of Friendswood,
Texas, Lane; and Caleb Harris of Scottsville, Ky., Footman.
Starr Garrett, director of the theater and assistant
professor of theater, is the director of the play. Assistant director of the
theater Matt Nall is technical director and in charge of set design. Susie Trefjo
Williams of Campbellsville, an adjunct instructor, is in charge of publicity,
costumes and props.
The crew list includes: MiKeisha Bacon of Vine Grove, Ky.,
set construction and runner; Katy Doolin of Lancaster, Ky., sound and set
construction; Megan Hill of Springfield, Ky., prop-master, set construction and
runner; Kim Hough of Louisville, Ky., stage manager and set construction;
Kiara Jeffries of Fort Knox, Ky., set construction and
runner; Alia McClendon of Radcliff, Ky.: costumes and hair and set
construction; Patty Mings of Eastview, Ky., paint and set design; Sarah Porter
of Harrodsburg, Ky., costumes and hair;
Chelsey
Stone of Campbellsville, Ky., box office manager and set construction; Julia
Tan of Malaysia, props, set crew and runner; and Reece Wilson of Dumfries, Va.,
props, set crew and runner.
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| Singrid Tipton, left, of Lawrenceburg, Ky., questions Dakota Rogers of Harrodsburg,
Ky., as to his qualities as a suitor in the play. Tipton plays Lady Bracknell, and
Rogers is Jack in the play. (Campbellsville University Photo by Ashley Wilson) |
Everyone is invited to attend. General admission is
$5.
Campbellsville University is a widely acclaimed
Kentucky-based Christian university with more than 3,500 students offering 63
undergraduate options, 17 master's degrees, five postgraduate areas and eight
pre-professional programs. The website for complete information is
campbellsville.edu.