Spotlights Theater Presents  “The Importance of Being Earnest” The Broadview Heights Spotlights Theater will be presenting Oscar Wilde’sclassic comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, August 24 – September8, 2018. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 PM.  A 3:00 PMmatinee will be held on September 2. All performances take place at theBroadview Heights Cultural Arts Building (Home of the Spotlights Theater),located next to the Police Station on the Broadview Center property, 9543Broadview Road. Tickets are $13 for adults and $12 for students and seniors andmay be purchased online at www.broadview-heights-spotlights.org.    There will be a special performance on Thursday,September 6th.  Proceedsbenefit the Broadview Heights Community Foundation which is helping fund thenew amphitheater at Broadview Center. Tickets are $30 each and include an Horsd’oeuvre Reception at 6:30 PM prior to the show, dessert at intermission, and anon-alcoholic Beverage Bar. Guests may bring their own wine to enjoy duringthis special event (glassware provided). Tickets can be purchased at FuerstAutomotive at Broadview & Wallings.   The play, first written and performed in 1895,carries the subtitle “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” and its fast-pacedantics and witty language are highly entertaining for modern audiences. Dashingmen-about-town John Worthing (Andrew Keller) and Algernon Moncrieff (CharlesHargrave) pursue fair ladies Gwendolen Fairfax (Giorgiana Lascu) and CecilyCardew (Lainne Davis). Matters are complicated by the imaginary charactersinvented by both men to cover their on-the-sly activities—not to mention thedisapproval of Gwendolen’s mother, the formidable Lady Bracknell (Cat Kenney). The rest of the cast includes Chris Bizub, Elizabeth Allard, and Eli Ravenson. The Spotlights’ production is directed by Tyson Douglas Rand, Artistic Directorof the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival.  The show is produced bySpotlights’ Trustees Sarah Price and Tara Corkery, with Technical Direction byTim Anderson.