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“The Importance of Being Earnest”

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For its upcoming season, the nonprofit equity company Voice Theatre is putting on a production of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Timeless in its wit and social commentary on upper-class society, the satiric play has been transposed into the swinging `60s of London under the direction of Shauna Kanter. Subtitled “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” it follows Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, who both pretend to be a man named Earnest.