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One of the funniest comedies ever scribed, Oscar Wilde’s most popular play has entertained theatre-goers for over a century. Everyone is in love with Ernest, the irresistible bad boy of London society. The trouble is, Ernest doesn’t exist. Oscar Wilde fills this uproarious farce with delicious bon mots, as two pairs of young lovers scramble to untangle their own web of lies and win the approval of the imperious Lady Bracknell. Earnest is a wildly entertaining “trivial comedy for serious people,” that sparkles with dazzling wordplay and hilariously unlikely situations.
- Oscar Wilde
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News About The Importance of Being Earnest at Aurora Theatre Company
Aurora Theatre Company Presents THE FLATS World Premiere Audio Drama
August 25, 2020Aurora Theatre Company kicks off its 29th season with the original World Premiere Audio Drama THE FLATS, jointly written by playwrights Lauren Gunderson, Cleavon Smith, and Jonathan Spector (Eureka Day). Artistic Director Josh Costello (Exit Strategy, The Importance of Being Earnest, Eureka Day, Detroit) directs this new story that speaks directly to our present moment in all its complexity.
Aurora Theatre Company Presents Joe Orton's Comic Masterpiece LOOT
February 25, 2020Aurora Theatre Company continues its dynamic 28th season with Joe Orton's LOOT. Former Aurora Artistic Director Tom Ross (Everything is Illuminated, This Is How It Goes, A Delicate Balance) directs this comedic tour de force.
California Shakespeare Theater Closes 45th Season With MACBETH
August 20, 2019California Shakespeare Theater closes its 2019 summer season with Macbeth by William Shakespeare and directed by Victor Malana Maog playing September 18 through October 13, 2019 at the Bruns Amphitheater.
Aurora Theatre Company Presents Ike Holter's EXIT STRATEGY
July 30, 2019Aurora Theatre Company opens its dynamic 28th season with the Bay Area Premiere of Ike Holter's EXIT STRATEGY. Aurora's new Artistic Director Josh Costello will direct this powerful examination of the Chicago public school system.
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Aurora Theatre Company is at 2081 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA.
As the storyteller for our community, Aurora Theatre Company inspires new audiences and longtime theatre lovers alike with the visceral power of live theatre. Our venues, the most intimate professional stages in the Bay Area, highlight great acting, nuanced language, and an immediacy that makes for exhilarating theatre. By telling profoundly relevant stories, we’re building a new culture of theatregoing in the Bay Area and contributing to a revitalization of theatre nationwide, challenging all of us to think deeper, laugh louder, and engage more purposefully and profoundly with our neighbors and our world.
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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Ray of Light Theatre (6/1 - 6/23) LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN NEW MUSICAL | |
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A Strange Loop
American Conservatory Theater (4/18 - 5/12)
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THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT
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San Francisco Playhouse presents “The Glass Menagerie”
San Francisco Playhouse (5/2 - 6/15) | |
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Red Red Red
Oakland Theater Project (4/26 - 5/19) | |
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The Marsh San Francisco presents “Something Is Wrong with Adam Strauss”
The Marsh San Francisco (3/16 - 5/18) | |
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PlayGround Festival of New Works Kick-Off
PlayGround (5/7 - 5/7) | |
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Smuin Ballet presents “Dance Series 2”
Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA (5/3 - 5/12) | |
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La Llorona
Mexican Heritage Theater - School of Arts and Culture (6/22 - 6/23) | |
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