Cecily, played by Alyssa Truesdale, shows Gwendolyn, played by Catherine Wilford, her diary entry describing her proposal from Ernest in the Lee Theatre production of “The Importance of Being Earnest,” opening this weekend.IF YOU GO• What: “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Lee Theatre.• When: Oct. 3-11.• Where: Blackbox Theatre, Communication Arts Building, Church Street, Cleveland, Tenn.• Admission: $10 adults, $7 children, seniors and students.• Phone: 423-614-8343 (box office).• Email: theatre@leeuniversity.edu.• Website: www.leeuniversity.edu/theatre.
The 2014-15 theater season at Lee University will be a “Season of Secrets,” and each of the four plays will deliver on that theme.
First up:
• Secret identities: The 25th anniversary season opens Friday, Oct. 3, with “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Dr. Christine Williams, associate professor of theater, the play will be performed in the Buzz Oates Theatre in the new Communication Arts Building on the Cleveland, Tenn., campus.
“The Importance of Being Earnest” features two men, each falsely claiming the name Ernest and an earnest disposition. In addition, the cast includes two women, each in love with her earnest Ernest, a forgetful nanny, a humorous matriarch and various others.