An Ideal Husband

by Oscar Wilde
directed by Judith Swift

Nov 6-Dec 7, 2008
**Performance added due to popular demand: Saturday, Nov. 29 at 2 p.m.

Private face and public persona. Backroom deals and political blackmail. Love and betrayal. Redemption and reconciliation. Oscar Wilde’s romantic, insightful and marvelously convoluted comedy of manners has it all! Sir Robert Chiltern, a rising star of turn-of-the-century British politics and a pillar of virtue, is the ideal husband for the charming Lady Chiltern. Indeed their marriage is the envy of London’s aristocracy. But when the enchanting and conniving Mrs. Cheveley returns from abroad and threatens to reveal a dark secret from Sir Chiltern's past, a brewing scandal threatens to destroy both his career and marriage. An Ideal Husband is a timely look at the clash of money, power and ethics through the lens of a quick-witted, suspense-filled melodrama.

Cast & Crew

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION OF AN IDEAL HUSBAND

By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Judith Swift
 
Set Design by Katryne Hecht
Set Costume Design by Marilyn Salvatore
Lighting Design by Matthew Terry
Sound & Music Design by Charles Cofone
Technical Direction by Dade Veron
Stage Management by Stef Work*
 
Assistant Director, Frank Toti; Assistant Technical Direction, Andrew Morissette; Props Master, Kristina Brown; Dramaturge, Jennifer Madden; Assistant Stage Manager, Nick Thibeault; Wardrobe Coordinator, Kate Dennis-Skilling
 
CAST
Casey Seymour Kim,* Lady Chiltern    
Karen Carpenter, Miss Mabel Chiltern   
Alan Hawkridge, The Earl of Caversham, K.G.
Jeanine Kane,* Mrs. Cheveley    
Irene Handren, Lady Markby    
Jim O’Brien,* Sir Robert Chiltern   
Tony Estrella,* Viscount Goring    
R. Bobby, Phipps     
 
 
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.