Parkway South Theatre  Department

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oct 19-20

written by Oscar Wilde

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Synopsis: John Worthing is the inventor of a fictitious brother, “Ernest,” whose wicked ways afford him an excuse to leave his country home from time to time and journey to London, where he stays with his close friend and confidant, Algernon Moncrieff who has a cousin Gwendolen Fairfax, with whom John is deeply in love. John, under the name Ernest, has won Gwendolen’s love, for she strongly desires to marry someone with the confidence-inspiring name of Ernest. But when he asks for her hand from her mother, John reveals he is a foundling. This is very disturbing to Lady Bracknell, who insists that he produce at least one parent before she consents to the marriage.

 

Returning to the country home where he lives with his ward Cecily Cardew, John finds that Algernon has also arrived under the identity of the nonexistent brother Ernest. Algernon falls madly in love with the beautiful Cecily, who has long been enamored of the mysterious, fascinating brother Ernest.

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This Production will be rated PG

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Mean Girls High School Version

Feb 7-10

based on the Paramount Pictures film Mean Girls

book by Tina Fey

music by Jeff Richmond

Lyrics by Nell Benjamin

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Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the wild and vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady and her friends devise a "Revenge Party" to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a Queen Bee without getting stung.

Adapted from Fey's hit 2004 film, Mean Girls was nominated for a staggering 12 Tony Awards.  This queen-bee took Broadway by storm and has joined the musical in-crowd

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This Production will be rated PG-13