Program | The Importance of Being Earnest
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
Cast
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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