Join Michael Unger and Being Earnest Creative Team for a Live Video Chat Tuesday, October 13 at 7 p.m. (CDT)

Max Pink (Algernon, top left), Ashley Oviedo (Cecily, lower left), Stephanie Staszak (Gwendolyn, center) and Joey Chelius (Jack, right) in the full-length virtual musical BEING EARNEST based on THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

Please join us LIVE on Facebook or YouTube Tuesday, October 13 at 7 p.m. (CDT) for a Skylight Social Live Video Chat as Being Earnest director Michael Unger takes you behind-the-scenes of Skylight's first virtual full-length musical with creators Paul Gordon and Jay Gruska and members of the cast! Being Earnest, based on Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, was rehearsed, performed and recorded in performers’ separate homes to allow for social distancing, and footage was then edited together like a film. Watch never-before- seen footage of the creative ways each actor set up camera shots, dealt with props and costumes, interacted with their scene partners and learned group choreography. Read here to learn more about the musical, the cast and special events to launch Being Earnest. Gordon, who wrote Being Earnest, also wrote the musical Daddy Long Legs, which premiered at Skylight in 2012 and went on to national acclaim. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Jane Eyre on Broadway. Gruska is a three-time Emmy- nominated film and TV composer who has scored shows such as Lois & Clark and , and written songs for , Janet Jackson, , Chicago, Dusty Springfield and others.

Watch the Being Earnest Promo Video!

Video by Traveling Lemur Productions. Being Earnest available for streaming Oct. 16 - Nov. 12, 2020

Tickets are $25 and are available here. For households, please consider a donation of $10 per additional viewer to help support the theatre.

Patrons purchase a ticket for a specific date, and have 48 hours from their selected date to view the show online.

Being Earnest features a cast of seven Milwaukee-area performers. In order of appearance: Algernon (Max Pink), Stephanie Staszak (Gwendolyn) and Ashley Oviedo Lane/Chasuble/Merriman (Tim Rebers), Jack (Cecily) in BEING EARNEST (Joey Chelius), Lady Bracknell (Nathan Marinan), Gwendolyn (Stephanie Staszak), Miss Prism (Karen Estrada) and Cecily (Ashley Oveido).

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Premiere Screening & Talkback in Socially Distanced Cabot Theatre Saturday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Being Earnest will be screened in a live premiere in the Cabot Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m., followed by a talkback on stage with Skylight Artistic Director and Being Earnest director Michael Unger and members of the cast. The live event is limited to 50 people with distanced seating and safety protocols. The talkback will be live- streamed, recorded and available online after the event.

Patrons have the choice of attending the live event in the Cabot Theatre or live-streaming from home. Tickets are $35 and only available by calling the Box Office at (414) 291-7800. The Cabot Theatre is located at 158 N. Broadway in the Historic Third Ward of Milwaukee.

Read the Press Release Here Attention friends of Skylight: we'd love your help to nominate Skylight for the BroadwayWorld Awards! Please take a moment to nominate actors, directors and more from your favorite Skylight productions that opened in the last decade, between 2011 and September 30th, 2020. Check out this list of past Skylight productions to recall your favorites.

Nominations are reader-submitted and will be open through October 31. Then, check back in November to cast your votes. Nominate below!

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