äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Theatre to present An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde


KINGSTON, R.I. — March 22, 2004 — If you enjoy a comedy of manners, a mystery, and a love story, you can get all three by attending äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Theatre’s production of An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde. The play will be performed in äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾’s Robert E. Will Theatre April 22-24 and April 28-May 1 at 8 p.m. and April 25 at 5 p.m. Tickets are $12 for general and $10 for students, senior citizens and children.


Set in 1895 England, this witty, incisive play explores romance, marital relations, friendship and political intrigue. A femme fatale, Mrs. Cheveley, enters London society with plans that may create rifts between husband and wife and between two close friends. Despite gorgeous period costumes and witty language, the play resonates with a modern sensibility such as similarities to the insider trading scandals headlining today’s newspapers.

Lively characters pepper an amusing, colorful, romantic play about moral values: how an error of judgment made early in one’s career can come back to haunt, even ruin one’s life some 20 years later. Can friendship and loyalty save our heretofore unblemished hero, Sir Robert Chiltern? Can his young and very principled wife, Gertrude, learn that love means accepting a spouse’s weaknesses as well as his strengths? And will the dapper Lord Goring and the charming Mabel Chiltern ever say those tender three little words?


Wilde defines his characters with humor and detail and builds his story with compelling scenes. Under the glittering facade of London high society lie deeper truths about human nature. Wilde also offers true compassion and marvelous comedic insights into human behavior under pressure of exposure.

Bryna Wortman is the director, Cheryl deWardener the scenic designer; Marilyn Salvatore the costume designer; Christian Wittwer the lighting designer and Peter Nabut the sound designer.


For tickets, reservations or information please call the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Theatre Box Office at 401-874-5843. For group sales, please call (401) 874-5922.


Cast list for äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Theatre’s An Ideal Husband

(Student, role(s) played, hometown.)

















Francis Boyle


Mr. Barford/Robert Chiltern

Narragansett, RI

Trevor Campbell


Lord Goring

Newport, RI

Dan DaCunha


Phipps

Pawtucket, RI

Courtney Edge


Mabel Chiltern

Portsmouth, RI

Nicholas Foehr


Mr. Montford/Harold

Kingston, RI

Elizabeth Gotauco


Mrs. Cheveley

N. Kingstown, RI

William “Jed” Hancock-Brainard


James/Mason

Newport, RI

Erin Olson


Lady Markby

Portsmouth, RI

Joe Short


Viscomte de Nanjac

Wakefield, RI

Haley Hanson


Lady Basildon

Grass Valley, CA

Melissa Banks


Lady Chiltern

Simsbury, CT

Tina


Bowes Lady Jane Barford/Mabel Chiltern

Auburn, MA

Shelley Cohen


Duchess of Maryborough

Canton, MA

Sean McConaghy


Sir Robert Chiltern

Rehoboth, MA

Marcus Stacy


Earl of Caversham

Boston, MA

Heather Garfinkle


Mrs. Marchmont

Amonk, NY