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A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

University Theatre presents

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
By Oscar Wilde

Thursday-Saturday, April 9-11, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday – Saturday, April 15-18, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 12 and 19, 2026 | 2:00 p.m.

TITMUS THEATRE, FRANK THOMPSON HALL

From the Program Director

DANICA JENELLE JACKSON
Director

HEATHER J. STRICKLAND
Intimacy Director

JAYME MELLEMA*
Scenic Design

LAURA J. PARKER
Costume Design

ROBYN WARFIELD
Lighting and Sound Design

DAVID JENSEN
Technical Direction

THEO STEWART
Stage Manager

*Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary Theatre Society

Professional Staff

Program Director
JOSHUA REAVES

Acting Coach
MIA L. SELF*

Costume Shop Manager
Laura J. Parker

Costume Technician
ADRIENNE McKENZIE

Technical Director
DAVID JENSEN

Assistant Technical Director
MICHAEL WHITE

Scenic Charge Artist and Props Manager
JAYME MELLEMA*

Scenic Artist
VANESSA MILLS-WEBB

Sound and Lighting
ROBYN WARFIELD

Finance and Business
BRITTNEY BYRD

Marketing and Playbill
RON FOREMAN*

*Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary Theatre Society

Setting

The mid-2000’s, London and Hertfordshire, UK

Act 1
Algernon’s Flat in London

Intermission (10-minute)

Act 2
The Garden at Jack’s House in the Country, Hertfordshire

Intermission (10-minute)

Act 3
The Interior of Jack’s Country Estate, Hertfordshire

CONSTANTINA ANASTASIA PAPPAS
Lane

LUKE MORAN
Algernon Moncrieff

BRAYDEN SPENCER HEARN*
Jack/Earnest

QUINN KINSER*
Lady Bracknell

LYDIA BLANTON COCHRANE*
Gwendolyn Fairfax

DASHA ROYAL*
Cecily Cardew

ELLE BLAMY
Miss Prism

RYAN BYUNG-HOON LIM
Reverend Chausuble

LUKE ANDERSON*
Merriman

ARIEL MODEEN – MAYA LENNON
ALEX HANDEST – CONNOR YOUNG
Swings

*Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary Theatre Society

Production Crew

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS
Lu Martin* – Darla Jean-Charles

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Brianne Crawford* – Caitlyn Lister

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
INTIMACY AND VOICE CAPTAIN
Lilly Bruffey

SOUND BOARD OPERATORS
Ana Verastegui-Lanza – Eyman Sakr*

SCENIC CARPENTERS
Luke Anderson* – Sarah Kenny

SCENE SHOP VOLUNTEERS
Benny Salvatore, Connor Chang, Dae Reed*, Eloise Wescott*, Evalyn Hunneyman, Faith Richards, Neha Parthasarathy*, Trent Naclerio, Vincent Wu, Zoe Etheridge, Ariana Bello, Conner Christman, Helena Azevedo Silva, Ky Reed, Molly Green, Sam Garber, Sarah Kolodzieski, Xochitl Tittles, Cody Boyles, Ronin Bigler, Beyonce Atherly, Lilyanna Ratte, Olivia Sitzer, Annie Dang, Isabella Vlach, Sullivan Schwartz, Andrew Bostic, Mark Oey, Lauren Shackelford

SET CREW – THE 103 Students
Gabriel Powers, Phoebe Murphy, Khalid Aldowah, Faisal Ghamdi, Felix Burdine, Colin Christensen, Ashley Ellison, Zack Baer, Molly Lincoln

LIGHT BOARD OPERATORS
Victor Haring – Connor Chang

LIGHT SHOP STUDENT WORKERS
Daniel De Leon – Trent Naclerio

LIGHT SHOP VOLUNTEERS
Santiago Perez, Neha Parthasarathy*, Alyssa Stellavia, Charlie Aliotta, Paul Laleicke, Morgan Fulford, Victoria Blain

LIGHT SHOP – THE 103 STUDENTS
Kaitlen Madden, Maya Kozauer, Rome Williams, Isaac Pilkington, Felix Burdine, Dan Rajaratnam, Sarah Holder

WARDROBE HEADS
Kelsey Weimer – Lily Kindsvatter*

COSTUME SHOP – STUDENT WORKER
Arynn Baginski

DRESSERS
Brianna Bernhardt – Damien Reed*

COSTUME SHOP – VOLUNTEERS
Beyonce Atherly, Gabby Barnell, Ariana Bello, Berlin Crawford, Pen Hunter, Ariel Modeen, Ky Reed, Sangavi Saminathan, Katelyn Spears, Xochitl Tittles, Alex Yu

COSTUME SHOP – THE 103 STUDENTS
Ben Brown, Christa Berry, Parker Gates, Rachel Kim, Lydia King, Tyler Lewis, Asher Lundell, Rayna Manchi, Gayatri Muthira. Katie Nowry, Luis Vargas-Flores

UNIVERSITY THEATRE HOUSE CREW
University Theatre House Crew

*Member of Alpha Psi Omega Honorary Theatre Society

Acknowledgements

NC State University Libraries for the loan of two Zuco Perillo chairs from their collection.

Please silence all cell phones. No photography, video or texting during the performance. Thank you!

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