The Department of Drama and Speech Communication is excited to announce that Toronto-based actor-director, Stewart Arnott, has been contracted to direct the fall production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
Stewart has been in the business for over 35 years, and has acted and directed across the country. As a director, his recent credits include The Swearing Jar (Prairie Theatre Exchange), Tuesdays With Morrie (Campbell House Museum), Vincent River (Cart/Horse Theatre), the world premiere of Pobby and Dingan by Paula Wing at YPT, The Piper and Unity (1918) at Ryerson Theatre School, and Amadeus and The Mystery of Irma Vep for Theatre Aquarius. At Prairie Theatre Exchange he has also directed Master Harold and the Boys, Strawberries in January and Kilt; and at The Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa he directed Patience, Unity (1918), It's All True! and Democracy.
As an actor, he recently starred in Daniel Karasik's new play, The Biographer and played Editor Webb in Our Town at the Sudbury Theatre Centre. Other stage appearances include Hallaj, Waiting for Godot and Stories from the Rains of Love and Death for Soheil Parsa and Modern Times Theatre; Elora Gorge (Summerworks); lady in the red dress (fu-GEN) and Gaslight and Sexy Laundry (Festival Antigonish). His recent film and television projects include the Hollywood feature RoboCop; Bomb Girls; Flashpoint; The Listener; The Murdoch Mysteries; Committed and The Kennedys.
The production will be designed by department faculty and staff - Bill Chesney (set/props), Sharon E. Secord (costumes), Paul Cegys (lighting), and Gill Lesperance (sound).
Production dates
Alumni Night (by invitation only) - Tuesday, November 11th at 7 p.m.
Performances - Thursday, November 13 - Saturday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m.
High School Student Matinees - Wednesday, November 12th & Friday, November 14th at 12 p.m.
Tickets: $17 General / $13 Students & Seniors / $5 eyeGO