Photo Flash: Tyne Daly, Amy Spanger and More in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Williamstown Theatre Festival presents The Importance of Being Earnest at the Main Stage, now playing through July 14.  Check out the full production photos below.

Oscar Wilde’s quintessential comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest, is directed by David Hyde Pierce, whose portrayal of Niles Crane for 11 seasons on NBC’s “Frasier” earned him four Emmy Awards. The cast features Marylouise Burke (Fuddy Meers) as Miss Prism, Louis Cancelmi as Algernon Moncrieff, Helen Rita Cespedes as Cecily Cardew, Sean Cullen (South Pacific) as Lane, Emmy and Tony Award winner Tyne Daly (“Cagney and Lacey”, Master Class, Gypsy) as Lady Bracknell, Glenn Fitzgerald (The Sixth Sense) as Jack Worthing, Paul Anthony McGrane as Merriman, Amy Spanger (Elf, Rock of Ages) as Gwendolyn Fairfax, and Henry Stram (WTF’s R Shomon) as Chasuble with Charlotte Bydwell, Julian Cihi, Alexander Seife, and Ariana Seigel.

What if a family of Guys and Dolls-style gangsters moved to Downton Abbey-style London in order to escape certain, shall we say, entanglements? What if two of these wise guys fell hard for two tough dolls? And what if the formidable dame who runs the aforementioned criminal family developed an appetite for cucumber sandwiches? Director David Hyde Pierce gives us Oscar Wilde’s hilarious high society satire, The Importance of Being Earnest, in a very new way. Welcome to the family.

The Williamstown TheatreFestival Box Office will open on June 5th, 2012 at which point tickets may be purchased online (www.wtfestival.org), by phone at 413-597-3400, or in person at the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance Box Office at 1000 Main St (Route 2), Williamstown, MA 02167.

Photo Credit: T. Charles Erickson and Steven Koernig

Louis Cancelmi and Helen Cespedes

Louis Cancelmi and Helen Cespedes

Marylouise Burke

Amy Spanger, Tyne Daly, and Marylouise Burke

Glenn Fitzgerald, Amy Spanger, Shaun Lennon, and Tyne Daly

Amy Spanger and Glenn Fitzgerald 

Amy Spanger and Helen Cespedes

Louis Cancelmi and Helen Cespedes

Louis Cancelmi and Helen Cespedes

Louis Cancelmi

Glenn Fitzgerald

Louis Cancelmi and Helen Cespedes

Marylouise Burke and Henry Stram

Louis Cancelmi and Glenn Fitzgerald

Tyne Daly

Tyne Daly and Amy Spanger

Glenn Fitzgerald and Amy Spanger

Tyne Daly

Shaun Lennon, Tyne Daly, Sean Cullen, Louis Cancelmi, Glenn Fitzgerald, and Amy Spanger

Shaun Lennon and Tyne Daly

 

Louis Cancelmi