Bethel Uni­ver­sity The­atre Pre­sents “The Im­por­tance of Be­ing Earnest”

MISHAWAKA – The Bethel Uni­ver­sity The­atre De­part­ment is prepar­ing for the first show of 2023. “The Im­por­tance of Be­ing Earnest” will be per­formed in the Ever­est-Rohrer Au­di­to­rium at 7:30 p.m. each night from Feb. 2-4, with a 1 p.m. mati­nee on Feb. 4. Gen­eral ad­mis­sion is $10, and tick­ets can be pur­chased on­line at tick­ets.bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu or in the Bethel Uni­ver­sity ticket of­fice. 

Megan John­son, the as­sis­tant pro­duc­tion man­ager and a cast mem­ber in the per­for­mance de­scribed the play as a ro­man­tic com­edy. The story re­volves around two friends who cre­ate an alias to date women. For this Bethel per­for­mance, the au­di­ence will be seated on the stage to watch what hap­pens when these women cross paths.  

Ac­cord­ing to John­son, the de­part­ment has come to­gether as a fam­ily dur­ing this show. She said that the pass­ing of an im­por­tant staff mem­ber has led to some strug­gles dur­ing the prepa­ra­tion, but she is very proud of how the whole de­part­ment has come to­gether.  

There is an op­por­tu­nity for Bethel Stu­dents to serve as ush­ers dur­ing the shows if they would like to help out and see the per­for­mance for free. Stu­dents should con­tact Paula Rond­aBou at paula.rond­abou@bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu for more in­for­ma­tion.