The Importance of Being Earnest

Audition Times & Dates

Friday, March 13, 2026 - 7:30pm to 9:30pm

Saturday, March 14, 2026 - 6pm to 9pm

Sunday, March 15, 2026 (Invited Callbacks) - 11am-2pm

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Walk-Ins Welcome or By Appointment

Please email us at: vagabondmenifee@gmail.com for an appointment.

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Audition Location

Making Moves Dance & Fitness

26928 Cherry Hills Blvd #546, Sun City, CA 92586

(Next to Subway, on the right)

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Audition Requirements:

Please prepare two monologues (30-90 seconds each)

Comedic Monologue

Classical Monologue

Callbacks will consist of warm-reads from the script.

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Rehearsal & Show Dates Information

Rehearsals will be in the evening, typically 3-4 days per week.​ Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays

Show Dates: May 15, 16, 17 (We also offer a Pay What You Can Dress Rehearsal)

Show Location: The UCC Community Center, Menifee, CA.

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Artistic Director: Laurel Anderson Mueller

Director: Kit Fortier

Stage Manager: Sarah Kristen Gibbon

Producer: Sarah Kristen Gibbon and Vagabond Menifee Board

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Our Production of Earnest

Our Earnest lives in a classic Victorian world (the rules, the manners, the stakes), but we’re playing it with a modern, nimble pulse—clean, bright, and fast. Think “posh-adjacent” clarity over museum-piece rigidity: truthful intentions, razor timing, and comedy that comes from people taking ridiculous social rules completely seriously.

Modern Sensibilites with a nod to Victorian England.

The Importance of Being Earnest — Character Descriptions

JACK WORTHING (a.k.a. “Ernest” in town)
Late 20s–mid 30s (flexible). A respectable country gentleman with a carefully maintained reputation… and a convenient double life. Jack is the play’s grounded center: sincere, status-conscious, and increasingly frantic as his lies pile up. Needs strong text clarity and the ability to play rising stakes without losing charm.

ALGERNON MONCRIEFF
Late 20s–mid 30s (flexible). Jack’s best friend and a committed pleasure-seeker with immaculate taste and zero guilt. Algernon is brilliant, playful, and selfish in a way that’s weirdly lovable. Requires excellent comic timing, ease with wordplay, and confident presence.

GWENDOLEN FAIRFAX
Mid 20s–mid 30s (flexible). Stylish, intelligent, and utterly convinced she knows what love should look like (and what it should be named). Gwendolen is poised, romantic, and razor-sharp—she can be charming and devastating in the same breath. Needs precision and authority.

CECILY CARDEW
Late teens–mid 20s (flexible). Jack’s ward: bright, imaginative, and already living inside her own romantic narrative. Cecily is sweet… until her fantasies meet reality, at which point she becomes quietly formidable. Needs warmth, comedic sincerity, and strong rhythm with Wilde’s text.

LADY BRACKNELL
40s–70s+ (flexible). Gwendolen’s mother: the iron law of society in excellent tailoring. Lady Bracknell is status, power, and rules delivered with total certainty. The comedy comes from her calm dominance and the way she makes absurdity sound like doctrine. Often a star turn; can be cast across gender presentation.

MISS PRISM
40s–60s (flexible). Cecily’s governess: proper, moral, and tightly wound—until her past (and her feelings) start showing through the cracks. She’s earnest, anxious, and hilarious when forced off-script. Needs detailed character work and clean language.

REV. CANON CHASUBLE, D.D.
40s–60s (flexible). Local rector: polished, kind, slightly self-important, and quietly susceptible to romance. He’s gentle but still part of the satire. Needs warmth, confidence, and a light comedic touch.

LANE / MERRIMAN (Single Track — same actor)
20s–50s (flexible). The servant presence of the play: competent, discreet, and professionally unbothered by the nonsense around them. This track thrives on understatement—small moments that land because the character is calm while everyone else spirals. Great for an actor with deadpan precision and strong listening.

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Casting Scope

Open ethnicity across all roles.

Accent expectation: RP-lite / “posh-adjacent” / light Estuary are all welcome—clarity and consistency over perfection.