Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest springs from the mind of Bedlam Artistic Director Eric Tucker in an exhilarating three-actor staging. This fearless reimagining tears through Victorian social pretense, exposing the absurd machinery of class, identity, and respectability with anarchic wit and theatrical invention. With rapid character transformations and dynamic physical storytelling, the result is a fresh, irreverent, and intimate take on a beloved masterpiece—delivering nonstop laughter and theatrical ingenuity in equal measure.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by Oscar Wilde
directed by Eric Tucker, of Bedlam
June 3 – 27, 2027