WAHS Players to Perform The Importance of Being Earnest

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The Western Albemarle High School players will stage Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, an enduring political and social satire, in three performances on the evenings of November 21 through 23, at the high school.

Proceeds from the show will help send Western Albemarle students to New York in the spring to attend a Broadway workshop.

Admittance to the November 21 show is by donation. Tickets for the Friday and Saturday performances are $5 for students and $8 for adults, in advance, or $6 for students and $10 for adults at the box office. The performances on Thursday and Saturday begin at 7:30 p.m.; Friday’s is at 6:30.

Western’s drama director Caitlin Pitts described the play as “funny and witty, and its message of the importance of truth in societal relationships is a timeless one.”

Pitts said 26 students have been working on the production since early September and that the play will feature an unusual bit of staging. All patrons will be seated on stage, presenting the actors with an audience on three sides.

“We were looking for an opportunity to increase our audience’s engagement with the play,” explained Pitts, whose students recently won first place for Best Technical Theater in a statewide competition.

Since all audience seating will be on stage, only 95 tickets will be available for each show. Tickets can be purchased by calling WAHS at 823-8700.