
Interested in Auditioning?
Sides from the play will be provided at the auditions for a cold reading.
Auditions will be held on a first come first seen basis, please fill out the audition form to register for your audition.
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Performances will be held on March 7-9 and 14-15 2025 at The Bundy Museum of History and Art 133 Main Street Binghamton NY.
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When and Where
​Trinity Memorial Church
118 Oak St, Binghamton, NY 13905
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Friday, Janary 3 — 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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Saturday, January 4 — 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
​Audition form:
https://forms.gle/mjnopxsYDvwSrkgo9
Resources
The Play
"The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde, a comedic play that satirizes the conventions and manners of Victorian society.
Oscar Wilde’s brilliantly clever comedic masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest, was once called by critic W.H. Auden, “the only pure verbal opera in English.” Earnest tells the story of two young gentlemen in London, who each live a double-life, creating elaborate deceptions to find some balance in their lives. John Worthing escapes the burdens of responsibility to have an exciting life in the city, pretending to be his fictitious younger brother Ernest. Algernon Moncrieff, meanwhile, has invented a convenient invalid, Bunbury, whom he uses as an excuse to gallivant off to the country whenever he pleases. When John falls in love with Algernon’s cousin, Gwendolen, he is determined to come clean, but when Gwendolen reveals she can only love a man named Ernest, it somewhat complicates things. When Algernon discovers John’s secret and decides to visit John’s pretty little ward in the country, posing as the debauched “Ernest,” the situation gets entirely more complicated! Hijinks ensue, and the two gentlemen and their ladies are in for more than they ever anticipated when formidable Lady Bracknell, Gwendolen’s mother, begins sleuthing around to uncover the far-fetched truth. Oscar Wilde's brilliant comedy captures with wit and charm the absurdity and delight of the Victorian "age of surfaces" (as Lady Bracknell calls it,) while capturing the struggle of four passionate lovers trying to conform to expectations and, in the most roundabout and delightfully funny way possible, love who they wish and live how they want.
The Characters
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Jack Worthing
Adopted as an infant, Jack Worthing is a rich, young bachelor with no known family; he lives a double life.
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Algernon Moncrieff
A young, pleasure-seeking bachelor from a good family.
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Gwendolen Fairfax
Algernon's first cousin, Lady Bracknell's daughter, and Jack's beloved.
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Cecily Cardew
Jack's beautiful 18-year-old ward.
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Lady Bracknell
Gwendolen's mother and Algernon's aunt.
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Dr. Chasuble
A well-meaning but bumbling clergyman at the parish near Jack's country home.
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Lane
Algernon's servant.
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Merriman
The butler at Jack's country home.
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Miss Prism
Cecily's governess and was (unknown until the end of the play) Jack's nurse before she misplaced him when he was a baby.
Audition by Video
If you are unable to make our in-person auditions, but still wish to perform in 2025's The Importance of Bein Earnest, please:
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Fill out the audition form.
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Email your resume to summersavoyards@gmail.com.
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Upload your audition video to Dropbox.
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Use a blank background and include a slate (introduction) at the beginning of your video.
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Video auditions must be submitted by 4:00 PM (EST) on Saturday, January 4th