{"id":16509,"date":"2026-03-09T14:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/?p=16509"},"modified":"2026-03-22T23:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T23:22:58","slug":"wig-and-buckle-to-perform-the-importance-of-being-earnest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2026\/03\/09\/wig-and-buckle-to-perform-the-importance-of-being-earnest\/","title":{"rendered":"Wig and\u00a0Buckle\u00a0to perform \u201cThe Importance of Being Earnest\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Katherine Buerke \u201926, staff writer <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wig and Buckle Theater Company will be closing off its 90th season with Oscar Wilde\u2019s classic play, \u201cThe Importance of Being Earnest.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The play is a social satire that follows English gentlemen Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, using linguistic humor and outlandish scenarios to poke fun at the traditional customs and behaviors of the English upper class.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It\u2019s two entitled rich boys finding out telling\u00a0the truth can be good\u2026 sometimes,\u201d Cory Huber, a first-year music production\u00a0major, said. Huber plays the role of Jack Worthing in the play.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director Griffin Reppert, a sophomore digital communications and interaction design major with a minor in creative writing, hopes that audiences will appreciate the social commentary the play provides.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is so relevant, especially in our current political climate,\u201d Reppert said. \u201cA play that plays with sexuality in such a fun and open way is inherently so political. It\u2019s a play about classism and how the upper class are just archetypes of our wildest dreams. I think it\u2019s the only play in the world that allows the people who watch it to move up a class.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The play is the last in an\u00a0emotionally-charged\u00a0season, following the drama\u00a0\u201cRadium Girls,\u201d\u00a0directed by senior Abriana Ferrari, and musical\u00a0\u201cAlice by Heart,\u201d\u00a0directed by junior Scarlet Laity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a breath of fresh air,\u201d Roman Diaz, a first-year music education major with a musical theater minor who plays Algernon, said.\u00a0\u201cJust being able to goof off, improv and put on a great show is liberating.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performances are Friday, March 20, and Saturday, March 21, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, March 22, at 12 p.m. in Leedy Theater. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets are free for LVC students and can be reserved here: wigandbuckle.booktix.com. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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