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The Importance

90 mins, 17 any

As a group of high school theatre kids rehearses a student-directed production THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST relationships are tested, alliances shift, and what’s beneath the surface has a moment in the light. A love letter to high school theatre and how it can help us discover what’s really important.

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The Importance at Ida B. Wells High School

Production History

[2025] Production, School of the Future (New York, NY) , dir. Lisa Sobin

[2024] Production, Los Angeles Center For Enriched Studies (Los Angeles, CA) , dir. Kate Luhr 

[2023] Production, Ida B. Wells High School, dir. Matthew B. Zrebski

[2023] Workshop Production, diVinci Arts Middle School

[2022] Workshop Production at Jerome High School in Jerome, ID dir. Patrick Rexroat

[2020] Commissioned by the Teen West Project for Franklin High School in Portland, OR

Ida B. Wells High School

School of the Future Manhattan

School of the Future Manhattan

School of the Future Manhattan

School of the Future Manhattan