The Importance of Being Earnest
Ticket Information
March 2003
Cast & Creative
Linda Whitney
In 27 seasons and 109 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Director / Scenic Designer) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Director) A Man for All Seasons (Scenic Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Scenic Designer) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Director, Director/Scenic Designer) A Stardust Homecoming (Director) A Streetcar Named Desire (Director/Scenic Designer) American Buffalo (Set Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Director/Scenic Designer) Antony & Cleopatra (Scenic Designer) Arcadia (Director) Art (Director/Scenic Designer/Costume Designer) As You Like It (Scenic Designer) Assassins (Director/Scenic Designer) Billy (Director/Scenic Designer) boom (Director) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Director / Scenic Designer) Clybourne Park (Scenic Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Scenic Designer) Dancin' in the Streets (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Dracula (Scenic Designer) Dry Powder (Scenic Designer) Enchanted April (Director & Set Designer) End Days (Director, Scenic Designer) First Date (Director) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Scenic Designer, Costume Designer) Forever Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Frozen (Costume Designer) Gloucester Blue (Scenic Designer) Hamlet (Costume Designer, Scenic Designer) Hapgood (Scenic Designer) Henry V (Scenic Designer) Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Director/Scenic Designer) Intimate Apparel (Director/Scenic Designer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Director, Scenic Designer) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Director/Scenic Designer) Letters from Waldo (Scenic/Costume Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Director) Mad in Craft (Scenic Designer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Director / Scenic Designer) Mauritius (Scenic Designer) Murder in the Cathedral (Scenic Designer) My Old Lady (Scenic Designer) Operation Stardust (Director) Operation: Stardust (Director) Or, (Scenic Designer) Orphans (Scenic Designer) Phantom of the Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Philadelphia Story (Director / Scenic Designer) Present Laughter (Director) Recent Tragic Events (Scenic Designer) Reckless (Scenic Designer) Richard III (Scenic Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Costume Designer) Rough Crossing (Director) Shining City (Costume Designer) Sixteen Words for Water (Scenic Designer) Sixties Chicks (Director) Sixties Chicks Too (Director) Sixties Kicks! (Director) Soul on Fire! (Costume Designer) Stardust for Christmas (Director, Scenic Designer) Stardust for Emily Jean (Director/Scenic Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Director/Scenic Designer) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Director) Summer in the Sixties (Director, Scenic Designer) Swingtime Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Talking With (Co-Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green (Scenic/Costume Designer) The 1940s Radio Hour (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) The Americans Across the Street (Director, Scenic Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Director, Scenic Design) The Constant Wife (Director/Scenic Designer) The Dumbwaiter (Scenic/Costume Designer) The Elephant Man (Director / Scenic Designer) The Glass Menagerie (Scenic Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Director/Scenic Designer) The Ladies of the Camellias (Director/Scenic Designer) The Last Five Years (Director / Scenic Designer / Costume Designer) The Last Schwartz (Director / Scenic Designer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Director) The Rainmaker (Scenic Designer) The Real Thing (Scenic Designer) The Seafarer (Set Designer) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Director / Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Director/Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Director / Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Director, Scenic Design) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Director, Scenic Design) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Co-Director/Scenic Designer) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Director/Scenic Designer) The Taming of the Shrew (Scenic Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Director) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Scenic Designer) The Understudy (Scenic Design) The Winter's Tale (Scenic Designer) The Zoo Story (Scenic/Costume Designer) Time Stands Still (Scenic Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Director) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Scenic Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Scenic Designer) Waiting for Godot (Scenic Designer) What I Did Last Summer (Co-Director/Scenic Designer)
Darren Mills
Darren Mills is the Resident Costume Designer for Harlequin Productions. Additional regional credits: La Cage Aux Folles and Angels In America (SPSCC), Equivocation (SMU), and Murder Ballad (Sidecountry Theater). NYC hairdressing credits: Broadway: Phantom, Mamma Mia!, The Music Man. Film: The Stepford Wives, War of the Worlds, Lonesome Jim, The Notorious Bettie Page. TV: The Sopranos.
In 26 seasons and 68 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Carol (Costume Design) A Doll's House (Costume Design) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Wig/Makeup Designer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Hair & Wig Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Costume Designer) A Streetcar Named Desire (Hair & Makeup Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Costume Co-Designer) As You Like It (Costume Designer) Assassins (Costume Designer) August: Osage County (Costume Design) Cabaret (Costume, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Costume Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Costume Designer) Deathtrap (Costume Design, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Enchanted April (Costume Designer) End Days (Costume Designer) Falsettos (Costume/Hair/Makeup Design) Forever Stardust (Costume Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Costume, Hair and Makeup Design) Henry V (Company Dresser) I Am My Own Wife (Costume Design) Intimate Apparel (Costume Designer) La Béte (Hair/Makeup Designer) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Costume Design) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Costume Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Costume Designer) Love and Information (Costume Design) Man of La Mancha (Costume Design) Murder in the Cathedral (Costume Designer) My Old Lady (Costume Designer) Noises Off (Costume Design) Operation Stardust (Costume Designer) Philadelphia Story (Costume Designer) Present Laughter (Costume Design) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Rough Crossing (Costume Designer) Ruthless (Costume Designer / Hair and Wig Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Costume Design) Six Hotels (Costume Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Costume Designer) Sweeney Todd (Costume Design, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Swingtime Stardust (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Sylvia (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Tenderly (Costume Design) The 39 Steps (Hair & Wig Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hair/Wig Design) The Constant Wife (Costume Designer) The Elephant Man (Costume Designer) The Glass Menagerie (Costume Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Costume Designer) The Ladies of the Camellias (Costume Designer) The Last Schwartz (Costume Designer) The Love List (Costume Designer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Costume Designer) The Real Thing (Costume, Hair & Makeup Designer) The Rocky Horror Show (Costume Designer) The Seafarer (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Costume Design) The Taming of the Shrew (Costume Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Costume Designer) The Understudy (Costume Design) The Women (Costume Design) To Kill a Mockingbird (Costume Designer) Unexpected Tenderness (Costume Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Costume Designer)
Diane Trapp
In 1 season and 2 shows at Harlequin:
The Importance of Being Earnest (Makeup & Wigs) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Hair & Makeup Designer)
Mindy Garcia
In 3 seasons and 7 shows at Harlequin:
And a Nightingale Sang (Lighting Designer) Art (Lighting Designer) Phantom of the Stardust (Lighting Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Lighting Designer) The Lady's Not for Burning (Asst. Stage Manager) The Lonesome West (Stage Manager) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Lighting Designer)
Ed Varga
In 2 seasons and 6 shows at Harlequin:
Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Sound Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Sound Designer) The Lady's Not for Burning (Sound Designer) The Life and Death of King John (Sound Designer) The Lonesome West (Sound Designer) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Sound Designer)
Katy Fogg
In 4 seasons and 10 shows at Harlequin:
Dancin' in the Streets (Stage Manager) Dracula (Stage Manager) Stardust for Emily Jean (Stage Manager) Stardust Radio Review (Stage Manager) The Constant Wife (Stage Manager) The Glass Menagerie (Stage Manager) The Importance of Being Earnest (Stage Manager) The Lady's Not for Burning (Stage Manager) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Stage Manager) The Winter's Tale (Stage Manager)
Britt Hultgren
In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:
The Importance of Being Earnest (Miss Britt, Asst, Stage Manager)
John O’Keefe
In 6 seasons and 9 shows at Harlequin:
And a Nightingale Sang (Norman) Hamlet (Horatio) Measure for Measure (Claudio/Abhorson/Ensemble) Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt) The Constant Wife (Bernard Kersal) The Importance of Being Earnest (Algernon Moncrieff) The Life and Death of King John (Duke of Salisbury/Soldier) The Misanthrope (Alceste) The Rainmaker (Bill Starbuck)
Jason Haws
Other local roles include Captain Hook in Peter Pan (OSD Players and CTE), Toad in The Wind in the Willows (OFT), Clov in Endgame (Calpurnia’s Dream), Richard in Fuddy Meers, and Adam in Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (Centralia College). Jason has directed numerous shows for children and is going into his fifteenth season as the director of Creative Theatre Experience’s Showcase program. He currently teaches Drama and Social Studies at Thurgood Marshall Middle School here in Olympia. Jason owes everything to his beautiful family for their tremendous love and support. Cheers to my lovelies, Liz, Emma and Tess. You are my shining stars!
In 21 seasons and 33 shows at Harlequin:
A Bright Room Called Day (Emil Traum) A Christmas Carol (Bob Cratchit) A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom/Pyramus) And a Nightingale Sang (Andie Ryan) As You Like It (Touchstone) August: Osage County (Bill Fordham) Clybourne Park (Karl / Steve) Hapgood (Maggs) I Ought To Be In Pictures (Herb) Intimate Apparel (Mr. Marks) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Max Prince) Murder in the Cathedral (4th Priest) My Old Lady (Mathias) Noises Off (Garry LeJeune) Phantom of the Stardust (Sam Gordon) Philadelphia Story (C.K. Dexter Haven) Rabbit Hole (Howie) Romeo and Juliet (Prince Escalus) Rough Crossing (Sandor Turai) The Constant Wife (Mortimer Durham) The Elephant Man (John Merrick) The Importance of Being Earnest (Lane/Moulton/Merriman/Gribsby) The Ladies of the Camellias (Ivan) The Misanthrope (Basque/Bicycle Messenger/Du Bois) The Rocky Horror Show (Simon Lock, The Narrator) The Seafarer (James "Sharky" Harkin) The Taming of the Shrew (Grumio) The Tempest (Andrian/Boatswain) The Understudy (Harry) The Weir (Brendan) The Winter's Tale (Time) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Launce / Outlaw #1) Unexpected Tenderness (Archie/Roddy Stern (the elder))
Matt Lee
In 7 seasons and 14 shows at Harlequin:
A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Duke Orsino) Forever Stardust (Jack Baldwin) Inspecting Carol (Kevin Emery) La Béte (Valere) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Orsino) Rough Crossing (Freddie) Stardust for Emily Jean (Jack Baldwin) Swingtime Stardust (Jack Baldwin) The Importance of Being Earnest (John Worthing) The Lady's Not for Burning (Nicholas Devize) The Life and Death of King John (Earl of Pembroke/Soldier) The Misanthrope (Philinte) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mr. James Throttle/Stage Manager) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Charlie)
Jana Tyrrell
In 15 seasons and 24 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Carol (Player 2 (Christmas Past, others), Player 2) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Mary Tyrone) A Streetcar Named Desire (Blanche) Assassins (Sara Jane Moore) Baltimore Waltz (Anna) Billy (Billy Tipton) Deathtrap (Myra Bruhl) For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday (Wendy) Forever Stardust (Frankie Malone, Choreographer) Pride and Prejudice (Mr. Bennet/Charlotte Lucas) Stardust for Christmas (Frankie Malone) Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman) Sylvia (Kate) The 1940s Radio Hour (Ann) The Constant Wife (Mrs. Culver) The Glass Menagerie (Amanda) The Importance of Being Earnest (Lady Bracknell) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Miss Angela Prysock/Princess Puffer) The Real Thing (Charlotte) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Frankie Malone) The Tempest (Voice of Juno) The Winter's Tale (Hermione) The Women (Mrs. Morehead / Sadie)
Natalie Backman
In 5 seasons and 6 shows at Harlequin:
Forever Stardust (Bonnie Kent) Stardust Radio Review (Bonnie Kent) The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolen Farifax) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Miss Isabelle Yearsley/Violet, Client of Puffer/Citizen, Choreographer) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Bonnie Kent) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Bonnie Kent, Choreographer)
Heidi Rider
In 6 seasons and 10 shows at Harlequin:
A Stardust Christmas Carol (Ema Benson) Dracula (Lucy Wystenra) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Helen) Measure for Measure (Juliet) Phantom of the Stardust (Ema Benson) Rough Crossing (Bonnie) Sixteen Words for Water (Betsy) The Importance of Being Earnest (Cecily Cardew) The Lady's Not for Burning (Alizon Eliot) The Winter's Tale (Emelia/Mopsa)
Terra Lea Allen
In 3 seasons and 4 shows at Harlequin:
Hamlet (Gertrude) The Importance of Being Earnest (Miss Prism) The Life and Death of King John (Constance/Peter Pomfret) The Weir (Valerie)
David Wright
In 18 seasons and 36 shows at Harlequin:
A Long Day's Journey into Night (James Tyrone) A Man for All Seasons (Duke of Norfolk) A Streetcar Named Desire (Doctor) Arcadia (Richard Noakes) Art (Serge) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Reverend Tooker) Cymbeline (Cymbeline) Cyrano de Bergerac (Montfleury/Poet/Sentry) Dracula (Dr. Heinrich Van Helsing, Professor Van Helsing) Fighting Over Beverley (Zelly Shimma) Hamlet (Polonius/Grave Digger/Ambassador, Claudius) Hapgood (Paul Blair) Henry V (Chorus/Bardolph/French Governor/Burgundy/Constable/Ambassador) Inspecting Carol (Larry Vauxhall) La Béte (Bejart) Measure for Measure (Pompey/Friar) Murder in the Cathedral (Thomas Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury) Orphans (Harold) Romeo and Juliet (Friar Laurence/Signior Placentio) Rough Crossing (Alex Gal) She Stoops to Conquer (Mr. Hardcastle) Sixteen Words for Water (Stage Manager) The Importance of Being Earnest (Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.) The Lady's Not for Burning (Matthew Skipps, Hebble Tyson) The Life and Death of King John (Hubert/the Citizen) The Love List (Bill) The Rocky Horror Show (Narrator) The Seafarer (Richard Harkin) The Tempest (Prospero) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Antonio/Duke) The Weir (Jack) The Winter's Tale (The Shepherd) To Kill a Mockingbird (Judge Taylor, Walter Cunningham) Unexpected Tenderness (Jacob Stern)
Britt Hultgren
In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:
The Importance of Being Earnest (Miss Britt, Asst, Stage Manager)