Photo by Elyssa Foster / StudentĬaitlyn McPherson played the opinionated Lady Bracknell with an authoritarian stiffness that added structure and seriousness to an otherwise absurd plot. Stassen and Grootenboer were most enjoyable when they combined forces and tussled over who they think is the same groom to be.Īlgernon Moncrieff played by Daniel Kingdom (L), Cecily Cardew played by Adele Grootenboer (2nd FL), John “Jack” Worthing played by Joseph Carriere (2nd FR), and Lady Bracknell played by Caitlyn McPherson (R), during Redeemer Christian High School’s Cappies production of The Importance of Being Earnest, held on April 22, 2023. She easily gave off an air of innocence and naivete in contrast to the more mature and worldly depiction of Gwendolen. Adele Grootenboer brought a youthful energy to her depiction of precocious Cecily Cardew. Stassen’s presence sparkled on stage almost as much as her jewellery.

Phoebe Stassen played the object of Jack’s affection, Gwendolen Fairfax, in a silly but sophisticated manner.

Both actors enunciated and projected Wilde’s sophisticated dialogue with ease. Kingdom’s facial expressions and body language frequently triggered audience laughter. Carriere was complemented on stage by Daniel Kingdom’s take on ostentatious Algernon Moncrieff. A particular highlight occurs when Carriere’s Jack gets caught up in a chaotic moment of self discovery, when his true ancestry is discovered.

Joseph Carriere convincingly presented Jack Worthing as a respectable British bachelor, growing less serious and more frantic as the play carried on. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. It is up to Gwendolen’s mother, Lady Bracknell, to uncover the truth and set the romances on the right path. When Jack and Algernon each take on the name of Ernest in order to woo their prospective fiances, their tangled web of lies must be resolved. Complicating their lives, each man has created an alter ego that he uses in order to escape situations in which they don’t want to be. They set their sights on Algernon’s cousin Gwendolen Fairfax and Jack’s ward Cecily Cardew, respectively. It’s high time for John “Jack” Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, gentlemen and friends, to each take a bride. Who among us hasn’t told a little white lie to get out of a previously agreed to obligation? From the opening nibbles on a cucumber sandwich to the final bite of a forbidden muffin, Redeemer Christian High School’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest turned the spotlight on the consequences of deceiving loved ones in a farcical way.įirst produced in 1895, Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece of triviality is set in Victorian London and the English countryside. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.National Capital Region's Top Employers.

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