{"id":12403,"date":"2009-02-18T10:45:40","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T17:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=12403"},"modified":"2015-08-17T14:36:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T21:36:58","slug":"witty-earnest-ready-for-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/witty-earnest-ready-for-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Witty \u2018Earnest\u2019 ready for stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar Wilde\u2019s wickedly funny comedy\u00a0<em>The Importance of Being Earnest\u00a0<\/em>is set to hit the NAU stage.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by theater professor<strong>\u00a0Bob Yowell<\/strong>, the play is billed as the wittiest play in the English language.<\/p>\n<p>The play uses a framework of false identities to satire Victorian manners and customs.<\/p>\n<p>The production features NAU students\u00a0<strong>Lauren Klein<\/strong>\u00a0as Gwendolen,\u00a0<strong>Anna Hershey<\/strong>\u00a0as Cecily,\u00a0<strong>Ben Harris\u00a0<\/strong>as Algernon and\u00a0<strong>Brendan McKay<\/strong>\u00a0as Jack.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Importance of Being Earnest<\/em>\u00a0runs at 8 p.m. Feb. 27, 28, March 4, 5, 6 and 7. A matinee performance is at 2 p.m. March 1.<\/p>\n<p>For tickets, call the NAU Central Ticket Office at (928) 523-5661. Depending on availability, tickets also can be purchased at each performance.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Importance of Being Earnest<\/em>\u00a0is dedicated to the memory of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=12407\">Clifford E.White<\/a>\u00a0who died in December. White, a longtime NAU faculty member, was known for his commitment to student theater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/witty-earnest-ready-for-stage\/\">Oscar Wilde\u2019s wickedly funny comedy\u00a0The Importance of Being Earnest\u00a0is set to hit the NAU stage. Directed by theater professor\u00a0Bob Yowell, the play is billed as the wittiest play in the English language. The play uses a framework of false identities to satire Victorian manners and customs. The production features NAU students\u00a0Lauren Klein\u00a0as Gwendolen,\u00a0Anna Hershey\u00a0as Cecily,\u00a0Ben&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":12404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}