The Importance of Being Earnest

Pioneer Players presents Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by David-Matthew Barnes. Performance dates are April 6 - April 21: Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm; Sundays at 3pm. Our theatre is located inside the Fellowship Hall at Pioneer Congregational United Church of Christ: 2700 L Street in midtown Sacramento. To reach the Pioneer Theater, enter the church through the doors located in the church courtyard. The theater is accessible. Street parking is available. Concessions are cash only. Patrons arriving late will not be seated until intermission.

The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical British comedy. The play tells the story of two men, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who both assume the identity of a fictional man named Ernest, leading them both to fall in love and find an assortment of problems along the way. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage and the resulting satire of Victorian conformity.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Pioneer Congregational United Church of Christ, 2700 L Street, Sacramento, United States